The 3 best books by the dazzling Noah Gordon

History has another more personal point under the pen of Noah gordon. This particular chronicler-novelist always brings a very human point to the events of different historical periods.

He was going to see a doctor, but without notifying anyone in his family environment, he finally turned to journalism. I guess to make up for the family affront (Noah gordon belonged to a Jewish family of strict principles and royal authority), complements many of his narratives with medical aspects. Without a doubt it gives you for this and for much more.

And the truth is that this humanization of history has led him to gain world fame and reach best-seller levels for each and every one of the new titles that he is proposing.

It is difficult to choose his best works, all of them built to captivate readers eager for historical adventure and emotions, in that balance only at his height. But here I go, fearless as always.

3 Recommended Novels by Noah Gordon

The doctor

Reality is what it is, and Noah Gordon's masterpiece is this. A novel put on the lips of half the world, the book that almost every reader will always admit having read.

At the dawn of medicine as a science, the first doctors had the idealistic objective of knowing and being able to heal any disease (a maxim still sought today but without so much optimistic idealism). With this book, and through a single character, we enter the awakening of science towards the knowledge of the human being, physically and emotionally.

Summary: This ravishing novel describes the passion of an XNUMXth century man to overcome illness and death, ease the pain of others, and impart the almost mystical gift of healing that has been bestowed upon him.

Drawn by that passion, he will travel a long road that will lead him, from an England dominated by brutality and ignorance, to the sensual turbulence and splendor of remote Persia, where he will meet the legendary teacher Avicenna, who is experienced with the first weapons of modern medicine.

Ten centuries have passed since then, but the narrative talent of Noah Gordon, author of The Last Jew, The Rabbi and many other unforgettable novels, makes this initiatory journey a unique experience that turns the story into real life.

Doctor Noah Gordon

The last jew

As far as we are concerned, with a plot set around the departure of the Jews from Spain, this novel acquires added value. But the plot is still exciting and exciting.

Summary: The plot of this novel takes as its starting point the expulsion of the Jews in XNUMXth century Spain and the young Yonah Toledano as the protagonist.

When Yonah is separated from the only surviving members of his family, he is forced to leave his native home in search of a new place to settle without having to renounce his beliefs. Thus, a long period begins during which he must resort to his ingenuity to be able to safeguard his secret.

The continuous changes of identity and occupation will forge his personality, and the difficulties will only reaffirm his origins. From his days of poverty and loneliness to his last years as a renowned doctor, we follow the life of an extraordinary character and a no less interesting historical period, in which betrayal and intrigue were the order of the day.

The last jew

The winery

Not so long ago that any activity in which chemistry appeared to transform everything sounded half witchcraft half esoteric knowledge. Anyone who used a chemical process leaned into alchemy, at least for other mortals. Wine and its culture as the basis for a round argument full of vicissitudes of all kinds.

Summary: Languedoc, France, late XNUMXth century. Josep Álvarez discovers from the hand of a French viticulturist the art of winemaking. From that moment, your life will be determined by this passion. Despite his youth, Josep has known love, political intrigues and hard work, an experience that, together with his early vocation, will characterize his destiny.

After participating against his will in a plot that will convulse the already turbulent political scene of the moment, he flees to France, where he will work for a winegrower. Despite his fear of falling into the hands of justice, he decides one day to return home.

Fighting against the elements, Josep embarks on an adventure as arduous as it is fascinating: the elaboration of a good wine. Around him, the inhabitants of Santa Eulàlia: the young widow Marimar and her son Francesc; Nivaldo, the grocer of Cuban origin; Donat, the worker brother, all of them characters that populate this rich novel.

The cellar contains the former essence of Noah Gordon: personal stories of strength, vital characters, trustworthy portraits of an era, captured with a sensitivity and skill that has admired thousands of readers over the years.

The Noah Gordon winery
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