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The Physician's Tale
Ann Benson
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October 2007
On Sale: September 25, 2007
672 pages
ISBN: 0440236320
EAN: 9780440236320
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
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Thriller Psychological | Suspense
In the near future, in the hills of the American
Northeast, a group of men, women, and children band
together for survival against nature and human enemies,
huddling in the only corner of the world they know. Among
these people is Janie Crowe, a physician whose son is her
greatest hope and deepest secret. Etched into Janie’s
memory is the ancient journal of a Jewish man of medicine—
a man who fought for survival in his own age of
plague.
In Europe, in the age of the Black Death,
Alejandro Canches must hide his identity—and break his
oath as a physician for the sake of his and his loved
ones’ lives. As France and England are locked in war, and
disease lays waste to both, Alejandro’s daughter Kate is
caught in the clutches of King Edward of England. Betrayed
by a patient, hunted by the king, Alejandro makes a
desperate journey to Windsor itself, where a clever scribe
named Geoffrey Chaucer has hatched a fantastic plan for
Kate’s escape....
As the story of Alejandro and his
family builds to a gripping climax, and as Janie’s life is
racked by trials and the dawning of a new age, The
Physician’s Tale brings together a rich cast of friends
and lovers, traitors and healers. Unraveling mysteries of
science, history, and the human heart, Ann Benson has
created a stunning chronicle of courage in the face of
darkness—in a work of vibrant storytelling and unrelenting
suspense.
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