{"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\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607005860114,"sku":"9781453271100","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4084c138-3b85-463a-ac62-cfc1fffd5a8a.jpg?v=1732302778","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-physician-9781453271100","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}