The Physician

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453281710

<DIV><P><B>An orphan leaves Dark Ages London, taking a dangerous journey and posing as a Jew to study medicine in Persia, in &ldquo;an adventurous and inspiring tale&rdquo; (<I>Library Journal</I>).</B><BR /><BR /> A child holds the hand of his dying mother and is terrified, aware <I>something</I> 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&mdash;an acute sensitivity to impending death&mdash;never leaves him, and he yearns to become a healer.<BR /><BR /> Arab <I>madrassas </I>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&rsquo;s most renowned physician, Avicenna. How the woman who is his great love struggles against her only rival&mdash;medicine&mdash;makes a riveting modern classic.<BR /><BR /><I>The Physician</I>&#160;is the first book in <I>New York Times&ndash;</I>bestselling author Noah Gordon&rsquo;s Dr. Robert Cole trilogy, which continues with <I>Shaman</I> and concludes with <I>Matters of Choice</I>.</P></DIV>