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An orphan leaves Dark Ages London to study medicine in Persia in this rich and vivid historical novel from a New York Times-bestselling author (The New York Times). A child holds the hand of his dying mother and is terrified, aware something is taking her. Orphaned and given to an itinerant barber-surgeon, Rob Cole becomes a fast-talking swindler, peddling a worthless medicine. But as he matures, his strange gift-an acute sensitivity to impending death-never leaves him, and he yearns to become a healer. Arab madrassas are the only authentic medical schools, and he makes his perilous way to Persia. Christians are barred from Muslim schools, but claiming he is a Jew, he studies under the world's most renowned physician, Avicenna. How the woman who is his great love struggles against her only rival-medicine-makes a riveting modern classic. The Physician is the first book in New York Times-bestselling author Noah Gordon's Dr. Robert Cole trilogy, which continues with Shaman and concludes with Matters of Choice.Product Identifiers
PublisherOpen Road Media
ISBN-139781453271100
eBay Product ID (ePID)189568802
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Physician
AuthorNoah Gordon
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterature, Genealogy, Books
Publication Year2012
GenreHistorical
Number of Pages768 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height215mm
Item Width139mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorNoah Gordon
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States