Community Library Notes: “Eleanore of Avignon” by Elizabeth De Lozier

Community Library Notes: “Eleanore of Avignon” by Elizabeth De Lozier

“Eleanore of Avignon” by Elizabeth De Lozier is the historical novel of a young woman, a herbalist who becomes assistant to the Pope’s physician in spite of her gender. And the terrible disease that enveloped Europe in the fourteenth century. From the beginning, when we see Eleanore remove a wolf-dog’s leg from a painful trap and heal its wound, we know Eleanore is a caring, healing woman, bound to do good. Taught by her mother and encouraged by…