An orphan leaves Dark Ages London to study medicine in Persia in this "adventurous and inspiring" historical novel from a
New York Times-
bestselling author (
Library Journal
).
"Rich in incident and vivid in historical detail, [
The Physician
] is a pleasure." -(
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 Cole trilogy, which continues with
Shaman and concludes with
Matters of Choice.
"[Gordon's] narrative is fast-paced, one engrossing scene unfolding into another." -
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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