Doctor at sea

Richard Gordon's life was moving rapidly towards middle-aged lethargy - or so he felt. Employed as an assistant in general practice - the medical equivalent of a poor curate - and having been 'persuaded' that marriage is as much an obligation for a young doctor as celibacy for a priest, Richard sees the rest of his life stretching before him.

Losing his nerve, and desperately in need of an antidote, he instead signs on with the Fathom Steamboat Compa... >Voir plus