{"product_id":"the-physician","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.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1453271104\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781453271100\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Gordon, Noah, N\/A, N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Barcelona Editions\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Barcelona Editions","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Sep 2012)","offer_id":45660018442437,"sku":"9781453271100","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781453271100.jpg?v=1768916741","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/the-physician","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}