George Sava

George Sava (1903 - 1996) British surgeon and writer of Russian origin. His grandfather was a Bulgarian who, at a time when Bulgaria was part of the Ottoman Empire, migrated to Russia.

He is the author of numerous books of medical autobiography, politics, history and fiction.

His book, "One Russian's Story", a biography of his father Ivan, tells something of his own life also.

Author of the "Valley of the Forgotten People" published in London by Faber & Faber in 1941.

He is also the famous author of "The Healing Knife: A Surgeon's Destiny". This book is a story of his life and his struggle to rise to the top of the medical profession from absolutely nothing.

WORKS of Fiction

* Those Borgias (1940)
* They Stayed in London (1941)
* Valley of Forgotten People (1941)
* The Chetniks (1942)
* A Tale of Ten Cities (1943)
* Peace in Nobody's Time (1943)
* Surgeon's Symphony (1944)
* Cradle of splendour (1945)
* Land Fit for Heroes (1945)
* A Surgeon's Destiny (1945)
* Red Surgeon (1945)
* This Thing Called Ballet (1945)
* The Boon of the Atom (1946)
* Link of Two Hearts (1946)
* Living Tapestry (1946)
* Twice the Clock Round: One Day of a Surgeon's Life (1948)
* One Horizon (1948)
* Pillar of Fire (1948)
* The Man of Kerioth (1949)
* The Shadow On the Path (1949)
* Strange Cases (1950)
* A Boy in Samarkand (1950)
* Invitation to Ballet (1950)
* A Doctor's Odyssey (1951)
* Patients' Progress (1952)
* Austrian Concerto: A Romantic Life of Mozart (1952)
* Caught By Revolution (1952)
* A Surgeon Remembers (1953)
* Flight from the Palace (1953)
* Surgeon under Capricorn (1954)
* The Knife Heals Again (1955)
* They Come by Appointment (1955)
* Bride of Neptune (1955)
* The Charm of Ballet (1955)
* The Lure of Surgery (1955)
* A Surgeon At Large (1956)
* Surgery and Crime (1957)
* All This and Surgery Too (1958)
* School for War (1958)
* Time Off for Death (1958)
* The Emperor Story (1959)
* The Way of a Surgeon (1959)
* Surgery Holds the Door (1960)
* A Surgeon in Rome: Or, Passeggiata Romana (1961)
* A Surgeon in California (1962)
* Appointments in Rome (1963)
* Surgeon in New Zealand (1964)
* A Surgeon in Cyprus (1965)
* A Surgeon in Australia (1966)
* Punishment Deferred (1966)
* Man Without Label (1967)
* Sex, Surgery, People (1967)
* Alias Doctor Holtzmann (1968)
* Gates of Heaven are Narrow (1968)
* In quest of health (1968)
* Bitter-sweet surgery (1969)
* City of Cain (1969)
* The Imperfect Surgeon (1969)
* Nothing Sacred (1970)
* Of Guilt Possessed (1970)
* Stranger in Harley Street (1970)
* Beloved Nemesis (1971)
* Skeleton for My Mate (1971)
* On the Wings of Angels (1972)
* Sins of Andrea (1972)
* Tell Your Grief Softly (1972)
* Cocaine for Breakfast (1973)
* Return from the Valley (1973)
* Every Sweet Hath Its Sour (1974)
* Sheilah of Buckleigh Manor (1974)
* Of Men and Medicine (1976)
* Pretty Polly (1976)
* Crusader's Clinic (1977)
* Mary, Mary Quite Contrary (1977)
* No Man is Perfect (1979)
* Secret Surgeon (1979)
* Stranger in His Skull (1979)
* Crimson Eclipse (1980)
* Magician of Medeena (1980)
* Mickey and His Friends (1980)
* Surgeon and His Knife (1980)
* Change of Heart (1981)
* Transforming Knife (1981)
* Innocence on Trial (1982)
* Killer Microbes (1982)
* Price of Prejudice (1982)
* Betrayal in Style (1983)
* Edge of the Scalpel (1983)
* Double Identity (1984)
* Smile Through Tears (1985)
* Bill of Indictment (1986)
* Crimes Unpunished (1987)
* Happiness Is Blind (1987)
* Rose by Any Other Name (1988)
* Roses Bloom Again (1989)

Non fiction
* The Healing Knife: A Surgeon's Destiny (1938)
* Donkey Serenade: Travels in Bulgaria (1941)
* Russia Triumphant: The Story of the Russian People (1943)
* Plastic Surgery (1943)
* The Practice of Local Anaesthesia (1943)
* Soviet and Tsarist Siberia (1944)
* The Conquest of Brain Mysteries: Story and Secrets of the Human Mind (1947)
* The Conquest of the Unknown: The Story of the Endocrine Glands (1947)
* A Ring At the Door: Personal Experiences (1948)
* No Crown of Laurels (1950)
* The Essential Eve: A Guide to Woman's Perfection (1952)
* The Story of Plastic Surgery (1952)
* Beauty from the Surgeon's Knife (1955)
* Plastic repair of genito-urinary defects (1956)
* Milestones in Medicine (1961)
* One Russian's Story (1970)
* The Years of the Healing Knife: A Surgeon's Autobiography (1976)
* How to Write a Book That Sells (1977)
* Living with Your Psoriasis (1978)
* Mourning Becomes Argentina (1979)