In the 11th century, Rob Cole left poor, disease-ridden London to make his way across the land, hustling, juggling, peddling cures to the sick- and discovering the mystical ways of healing. It was on his travels that he found his own very real gift for healing- a gift that urged him on to become a doctor. So all consuming was his dream, that he made the perilous, unheard-of journey to Persia, to its Arab universities where he would undertake a transformation that would shape his destiny forever.
Set in the small village of Santa Eulalia, Josep Alvarez, a passionate young man, dreams of a future in grape cultivation and marrying Teresa Gallego, despite being the second son destined to lose his family's vineyard to his brother. His simple life is disrupted when an assassination plot against a political leader in Madrid draws in unsuspecting farm workers, intertwining their fates with a web of intrigue and danger. The story explores themes of ambition, love, and the impact of political turmoil on ordinary lives.
Robert Jeremy Cole, the legendary doctor and hero of THE PHYSICIAN, left an enduring legacy. From the eleventh century on, the eldest son in each generation of the Cole family has borne the same first name and middle initial and many of these men have followed the medical profession. A few have been blessed with their ancestor's diagnostic skill and the 'sixth sense' they call The Gift, the ability to know instinctively when death is impending. The tragedy of Rob J.'s life is the deafness of his son, Robert Jefferson Cole, who is called Shaman by everyone who knows him. Shaman's life is difficult. First, he must learn to speak so that he can take his place in the hearing world, and then he must fight against the prejudices of a society where physical differences matter. As Shaman struggles to achieve his identity, the Coles, along with the rest of America, are drawn into the conflict between the North and the South.
In 1492 Spain is held in firm grip by the inquisition. Per decree an announcement is made that all Jews have to leave the country. A large exodus starts. 15-year-old Yonah is left on his own after his brother and father are killed. Instead of converting to Christianity or fleeing he decides to stand firm by his faith and to fight for himself. Three years later Yonah is keen to settle somewhere. In Granada he finally meets people of his own faith again - the family of the silk merchant Saadi, who still practice Judaism in secrecy. Yonah's love for Ines, the young daughter of the family, however remains unfulfilled. Yonah moves on to Gibraltar where he starts an apprenticeship with Fierro, an armourer. Fierro has to flee from the inquisition himself and asks his young apprentice to accompany him on his journey to the North and when he finally arrives in Saragossa meeting Nuno seals his fate. Yonah immediately senses that medicine is his true calling...
A drama of love and identity, of compassion and cruelty, involving a Brooklyn-born rabbi and a Christian minister's daughter who must learn to cope with the complications of an unorthodox life in a world where Jews and Christians don't fall in love. By the author of The Physician and Shaman.
With Choices, Noah Gordon brings to a close his great trilogy spanning the generations of the Cole medical dynasty. Beginning with the legendary 11th-century doctor Robert J. Cole, each eldest son has borne the same name and middle initial, and some have possessed the uncanny "sixth sense" known as The Gift: the terrible and instinctive knowledge that someone is about to die. In Choices, it emerges again in the present, but this time in a daughter, Roberta Jeanne d'Arc Cole, known as R.J. The first time R.J. defies her beloved father is when she is born a female; the second, when she chooses to study law rather than medicine. Yet destiny is to overtake her when R.J. realizes that she has inherited The Gift. As she holds the hands of a sick man, R.J. feels a dreadful certainty that he is going to die; tragically, he is her own lover. Struggling with her grief, R.J. knows she must bow to the inevitable and become a physician. But her life changes when she moves to a small-town practice and is faced with a terrible dilemma -- and an important choice to make.
A story set in America, Europe, Africa and Israel. A New York diamond dealer investigates the history of a yellow diamond that was buried in a temple and has caused conflict over the centuries. The novel also deals with his love for two women. By the author of Shaman and The Physician.
From the author of The Physician and Shaman now comes this story of a young
man-the grapes he grows, the wine he fashions, the women he loves, and his
struggle against an evil that seeks to destroy him. Already an international
bestseller. Josep Alvarez is a young man in the tiny grape-growing village of
Santa Eulalia, in northern Spain, where his father grows black grapes that are
turned into cheap vinegar. Joseph loves the agricultural life, but he is the
second son, and his father's vineyard will be inherited by his brother Donat,
the firstborn. Josep needs to keep his hands in the soil. He yearns for a job
growing grapes and for an opportunity to marry Teresa Gallego. In Madrid, an
assassination plot, conceived against the political leader of Spain by men of
wealth and power, creates a storm of intrigue that sucks into its vortex a
group of innocent young farm workers in Santa Eulalia. How Josep's life is
changed drastically by these events, and how, ironically, they gradually turn
him into an inspired vintner with an evolving vision of life, is the
fascinating story of The Winemaker. Conciseness is Gordon's greatest skill. He
unfolds a plot branching out far, until a panoramic view of a world past
emerges-as vivid as the great realistical novels of the 19th century. -Welt am
Sonntag (Germany) So suspenseful that you cannot put it down. -Leipziger
Volkszeitung (Germany) Gordon's healthy obsession with research, his ability
to create extremely realistic characters, and that innate literary talent of
his for which there's no explanation are certain to make this book another
best seller. -Elle Magazine (Spain) A wonderful book. Enjoy it with a good
bottle of wine. -Bucher (Germany) Noah Gordon has had outstanding
international success. The Physician, soon to be a motion picture, has been
called a modern classic, and booksellers at the Madrid Book Fair voted it one
of the 10 best-loved books of all time. Shaman was awarded the James Fenimore
Cooper Prize for historical fiction. Both of these books, and five of the
author's other novels-The Rabbi, The Death Committee, The Jerusalem Diamond,
Matters of Choice, and The Winemaker-are published in digital formats by
Barcelona eBooks and Open Road Integrated Media. Gordon's novel, The Last Jew,
will also be published digitally in the near future. He lives outside of
Boston with his wife, Lorraine Gordon
Michael Kind was a young American Jewish, but he was also a man. A man who couldn't help that his heart led him to Leslie, a beautiful Christian. He'd already become a rabbi when he met Leslie, the minister's daughter. First and foremost, Michael was a man -- a courageous man with strong ideals and feelings, a passionate man deeply in love with Leslie. Leslie is also fell in love with Michael, but she must convert to Judaism to marry him. Defying parents and teachers, they dare to love one another and tried to forge a life, in this sweeping drama of love and identity, compassion and crueltly, a searing tale of one man and one woman who must learn to cope with the complications of an unorthodox life in a world that will not accept them, in a world where rabbis and non-Jews do not fall in love -- let alone marry....
The first time R.J. defies her beloved father is when she is born a female; the second, when she opts to study law rather than medicine. Yet destiny is to overtake her when, for the first time, R.J. Cole realises that she has inherited The Gift. Holding the hand of a sick man, R.J. feels a dreadful certainty that he is going to die; tragically, the patient is no stranger but her own lover. Struggling with her grief, R.J. knows she must bow to the inevitable, and become a doctor. At first she combines her new talent with her legal work on cases where medical advice is needed, and her diagnostic skill combined with The Gift make her an invaluable consultant. But her life changes when she moves to a small town practice and is faced with a terrible dilemma - and an important choice to make...
