Read by millions in thirty-two countries, soon to be a major motion
picture, and voted "one of the ten most-beloved books of all time," here
is the first English-language digital edition of Noah Gordon's
masterwork In eleventh-century London, 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. "Gordon's compelling
novel recreates the 11th century so powerfully that the reader is
propelled through its several hundred pages by a tidal wave of
imagination and authentic detail." -Publishers Weekly "Populated by
engaging characters, rich in incident and vivid in historical detail,
[The Physician] is a pleasure." -The New York Times "[The Physician]
has the flavor of Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth, but with a
deeper character development and story arc . . . . An insightful and
unforgettable read." -Zoltaire's Blog "An adventurous and inspiring tale
of a quest for medical knowledge pursued in a violent world full of
superstition and prejudice." -Library Journal Noah Gordon has had
outstanding international success. The Physician, soon to be a 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." Shaman
was awarded the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for historical fiction. Both
of these books, and five of the author's other novels-The Rabbi, The
Death Committee, The Jerusalem Diamond, Matters of Choice, and The
Winemaker-are published in digital formats by Barcelona eBooks and Open
Road Integrated Media. Gordon's novel, The Last Jew, will also be
published digitally in the near future. He lives outside of Boston with
his wife, Lorraine Gordon.
