{"product_id":"the-physician-9781453271100","title":"The Physician","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-130197\"\u003eNoah Gordon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Barcelona Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.53h x 5.63w x 2.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781453271100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1453271104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC035000\"\u003eMedical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC008000\"\u003eSagas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNoah Gordon's international bestsellers have sold millions of copies and have won a number of awards, among them, in America, the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for historical fiction. He lives outside of Boston with his wife, Lorraine Gordon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barcelona Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44480659849453,"sku":"9781453271100","price":38.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_f5d46193-9abb-466e-95d2-27149027f880.jpg?v=1747500235","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-physician-9781453271100","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}