The Citadel (Penguin ELT Simplified Readers: Level 5: Upper-Intermediate)

by N/A

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.25

  When Andrew Manson starts work as a doctor he discovers some unpleasant facts about the medical profession. There are doctors who know very little and for many, earning money is much more important than curing or preventing illness. Andrew's aim is to become a good doctor but the system is extremely powerful - can he avoid becoming part of it himself?

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $3.25

  When newly-qualified doctor Andrew Manson takes up his first post with a Welsh mining community he is full of idealism and enthusiasm. However, he finds that the reality of practising medicine in primitive conditions very different from the theory, and he makes enemies as well as friends.

• New

  Paperback
  1983

  $26.99

  This thrilling novel of a doctor's life has been the subject of a Mobil Masterpiece Theatre dramatic series on PBS. Cronin's distinguished achievement. . . . No one could have written as fine, honest, and moving a study of a young doctor as The Citadel without possessing great literary taste and skill. -- The Atlantic Monthly.