by Noah Gordon · Círculo de Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422626862
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«El Médico» is the historical novel by Noah Gordon, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (684 pages, in Spanish).
Rob J. Cole, an 11th-century English orphan, learns the rudiments of healing alongside an itinerant barber-surgeon. His thirst for knowledge takes Rob to Persia, where he wants to study with the renowned physician Avicenna. In an age dominated by superstition, the young man defies convention to become a true healer.
First instalment of the Cole Trilogy. The novel was originally published in English as The Physician; this Spanish edition appeared in 1988.
A suitable read for those seeking historical adventure fiction, with travel, medieval medicine and a protagonist determined to rise above his origins.
Noah Gordon was an American novelist.
