Again and again I was reminded of a definition of story that I devised myself a few years ago: In the case of The Physician, more than with most books, I think that to talk about what happens in the story would be to spoil it for the reader, for the element of surprise is strong in it. From this unusual but real-feeling interchange the story starts on its long and unexpected course: it is the story of Rob J.’s career. Cole, shelling peas on the sunstruck stoop of his family’s house in London, being approached by a prostitute bearing a message. The author’s storytelling style is simple, direct, vivid, and perceptive. When I’d finished that, I had to keep reading, so I bought the book.įrom the start I felt that I was in good narrative hands.
Attracted by its high ratings and its apparently simple premise-the career of a medieval physician-I downloaded the sample to my Kindle.
This was a book I’d never heard of until it was presented to me by the Goodreads recommendation engine. A wide-ranging and surprising tale of the 11th century.
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