A review of a book or a film

The Physician

I’d like to recommend a book which I read recently, called The Physician, The author of the book is Noah Gordon.

Noah Gordon is an American author from Massachusetts, USA. His books are usually about medical history, medical ethics, the Inquisition and Jewish culture and history. Some of his books are:

• Cole family trilogy: The Physician, Shaman and Matters of Choice
• The Last Jew
• The Death Committee
• The Winemaker

The book is an adeventure novel and the setting is London, the British countryside, Scotland and Persia during the 11th century. The main character is a Christian English boy who is an orphan. This boy wants to learn medicine, so he decides to go to Ispahan (Persia) to learn medicine of Avicena, the best doctor of the world. But in Ispahan they don’t accept Christian, so this boy pretends to be Jewish.

The thing I liked most about the book was that the main cahracter gets what he want. Some of the scenes are memorables because it shows how the people live in the 11th century.

All in all, I really liked the novel, and I thought it has an open ending, I wouldn’t change it. It isn’t a very easy book to read, but it’s got still a strong message.

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