An orphan leaves Dark Ages London to study medicine in Persia in this "adventurous and inspiring" historical novel from a New York Times– bestselling author ( Library Journal )."Rich in incident and vivid in historical detail, [ The Physician ] is a pleasure." —( The New York Times ).

All three books together in one collection—the historical saga of a family of healers, spanning from Dark Ages London to Civil War America to modern-day Boston, from a New York Times– bestselling author."Gordon writes with the skill and patience of a good doctor." — The New York Times Book Review on ShamanIn The Physician

A fascinating book that travels effortlessly from biblical times to tomorrow, with stops in Israel, Europe, Africa, and the Diamond Dealers’ Club on New York City’s 47th Street.As Nebuchadnezzar's hordes approach Jerusalem, sacred objects are hidden—the Tablets of Law, the Ark and its cover, the golden cherubim, and the breastplate of the High Priest, bearing twelve precious stones, one from each tribe. The stone from the tribe of Zebulon is a great yellow diamond....

A deadly plot in nineteenth-century Spain threatens the life a vineyard owner's son struggles to build in this novel by the New York Times –bestselling author of The Physician —"So suspenseful that you cannot put it down" ( Leipziger Volkszeitung ).Josep Alvarez is a young man in the tiny grape-growing village of Santa Eulália, in north...

A woman physician confronts the moral issues of her time in the third novel in the New York Times –bestselling author's historical medical trilogy—"Perhaps Gordon's best work so far . . . R.J. is a heroine worth caring about" ( Kirkus Reviews ).Roberta Jeanne d'Arc Cole is favored to be named associate chief of medicine at a Boston hospital. She is married to a surgeon. They own ...

What if hospitals and doctors could quietly bury their mistakes? This fascinating, bestselling novel tells you why they can’t.Three young men from different backgrounds have graduated from medical schools and become surgical fellows at a leading teaching hospital in Boston. They learn to become surgeons, to communicate with patients and families, and to be observed and appraised by their peers and professors on daily rounds. And each month—sometimes with d...

A father; a husband; a lover; a friend; a rabbi. This is the story about the making of a modern rabbi, his coming of age, and how he finds his place in in a confused and confusing world.Michael Kind is raised in the Jewish cauldron of 1920s New York, familiar with the stresses and materialism of metropolitan life. Turning to the ancient set of ethics of his Orthodox grandfather, with a modern twist, he becomes a Reform rabbi. As insecure and sexually needy...

New York Times Notable Book—a heroic young physician and his family build a life on the Illinois frontier in the nineteenth century in this "thinking person's Western" from a New York Times– bestselling author ( The Press-Enterprise )."What a book! It's a joy to read. Noah Gordon has given those of us who like good, strong, warm-hearted novels a...

In the year 1492, the Inquisition has all of Spain in its grip. After centuries of pogrom-like riots encouraged by the Church, the Jews - who have been an important part of Spanish life since the days of the Romans - are expelled from the country by royal edict. Many who wish to remain are intimidated by Church and Crown and become Catholics, but several hundred thousand choose to retain their religion and depart; given little time to flee, some perish even before they can escape from Spai...

In her brilliant debut, Storey brings early 16th-century Florence alive, entering with extraordinary empathy into the minds and souls of two Renaissance masters, creating a stunning art history thriller. From 1501 to 1505, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti both lived and worked in Florence. Leonardo was a charming, handsome fifty year-old at the peak of his career. Michelangelo was a temperamental sculptor in his mid-twenties, desperate to make a name for himself.Michel...

From the acclaimed author of The Jungle : The first in a Pulitzer Prize–winning historical saga about the son of an American arms dealer during WWI.Lanning "Lanny" Budd spends his first thirteen years in Europe, at the center of his mother's glamorous circle of friends. In 1913, he enters a Swiss boarding school and befriends Rick, an English boy, and Kurt, a German. The three schoolmates are privileged, happy, and precoc...

Inspired by the diary of a countess who lived through the turbulent years of the Third of May Constitution (1790s). "All the sweep and romance of Gone with the Wind and Doctor Zhivago." ~India Edghill on Push Not the RiverThe story, characters, and setting will draw you in and hold you!2018 GOLD MEDAL IPPY WINNER2020 First Place Chanticleer Award for Series...