{"product_id":"9781453271100","title":"The Physician","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn orphan leaves Dark Ages London, taking a dangerous journey and posing as a Jew to study medicine in Persia, in “an adventurous and inspiring tale” (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\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. 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.\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052421759216,"sku":"9781453271100","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453271100_p0.jpg?v=1763847273","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453271100","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}