{"product_id":"the-physician-9781453271100","title":"The Physician","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Noah Gordon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Barcelona Editions\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Barcelona Editions\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - General\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.","brand":"Barcelona Editions","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45135465545879,"sku":"9781453271100","price":2329.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781453271100.webp?v=1767283091","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-physician-9781453271100","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}