Noah GordonHistorical Fiction · Literary Fiction·b. 1926
The Physician
Synopsis
Rob Cole is a young orphan in 11th-century England who discovers he has a strange gift for sensing when death is near. Driven by a need to understand medicine beyond the superstitions of his homeland, he travels across the known world to Persia. There, he disguises his identity to study under the legendary physician Avicenna and master the secrets of healing.
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Prose complexity 7/10
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Death Of A ParentViolence





