The Physician - Couverture souple

Gordon, Noah

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1453271104 ISBN 13 : 9781453271100

Editeur : Barcelona Editions, 2012

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Noah 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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Barcelona Editions
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1453271104
• ISBN 13: 9781453271100
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 768