The Physician
Cover of the 1st American Edition | |
| Author | Noah Gordon |
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| Cover artist | Wendell Minor |
| Language | English |
| Series | Cole Family series |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | August 7, 1986 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 608 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | 978-0-671-47748-6 (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 13269822 |
| 813/.54 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3557.O68 P49 1986 |
| Part of a series on |
| Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā) |
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| Works |
| Thoughts |
| Pupils |
| Monuments |
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The Physician is a novel by Noah Gordon. It is about the life of a Christian English boy in the 11th century who journeys across Europe in order to study medicine among the Persians. The book was initially published by Simon & Schuster on August 7, 1986. The book did not sell well in America, but in Europe it was many times a bestseller, particularly in Spain and Germany, selling millions of copies in translation. Its European success caused its subsequent sequelization. The film rights to the book were purchased.