{"product_id":"the-physician-paperback","title":"The Physician - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNoah Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn orphan leaves Dark Ages London to study medicine in Persia in this \"rich\" and \"vivid\" historical novel from a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A child holds the hand of his dying mother and is terrified, aware \u003ci\u003esomething\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Arab \u003ci\u003emadrassas \u003c\/i\u003eare 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Physician\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book in \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Noah Gordon's Dr. Robert Cole trilogy, which continues with \u003ci\u003eShaman\u003c\/i\u003e and concludes with \u003ci\u003eMatters of Choice\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoah Gordon has had outstanding international success\u003ci\u003e. The Physician\u003c\/i\u003e, now a major motion picture, has been called a modern classic, and booksellers at the Madrid Book Fair voted it \"one of the 10 best-loved books of all time.\" \u003ci\u003eShaman\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for historical fiction. Both of these books, and five of the author's other novels--\u003ci\u003eThe Rabbi, The Death Committee, The Jerusalem Diamond, Matters of Choice, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Winemaker\u003c\/i\u003e--are published in digital formats by Barcelona eBooks and Open Road Integrated Media. Gordon's novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Jew\u003c\/i\u003e, will also be published digitally in the near future. He lives outside of Boston with his wife, Lorraine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 768\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.05 x 8.53 x 5.63 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118514638983,"sku":"9781453271100","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/0b80221ac08af6d9131f7a54555c07eb.webp?v=1732533971","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-physician-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}