The Physician by Noah Gordon

24 hours, 41 minutes first pub 1986 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous reflective medium-paced
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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 i...

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