The Physician: The Physician, Shaman, And Matters Of Choice (The Cole Trilogy #1)

By: Noah Gordon

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Synopsis: 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.