The Cole Trilogy (Gordon)

3 books in series
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The Physician Publisher's Summary

An 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" (Library Journal).

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.

The Physician is the first book in New York Times best-selling author Noah Gordon's Dr. Robert Cole trilogy, which continues with Shaman and concludes with Matters of Choice.

©1986 Lise Gordon, Michael Seay Gordon and The Jamie Gordon Trust (P)2017 Audible, Inc.
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  • Book 1

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    • The Physician

    • The Cole Trilogy, Book 1
    • By: Noah Gordon
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  • Book 2

    • The Cole Trilogy, Book 2
    • By: Noah Gordon
    • Narrated by: Ben Owen
    • Length: 22 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 19-10-2017
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings

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  • Book 3

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