Noah Gordon

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born

November 11, 1926 in Worcester, Massachusetts, The United States

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male

website

http://www.noahgordonbooks.com/

genre

Historical Fiction

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Noah Gordon is an American novelist.

Some of the topics covered within his novels include medical history and medical ethics. More recently he has begun to focus more on themes relating to the Inquisition, and Jewish cultural history.

His novel Shaman won the first James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Fiction in 1993.

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Books by Noah Gordon

Average rating: 3.95 · 6458 ratings · 462 reviews · 21 distinct works

	The Physician (Cole Family Trilogy, #1) 425 avg rating — 3216 ratings — published 1986 — 59 editions	My rating:
	Shaman (Cole Family Trilogy, #2) 391 avg rating — 1028 ratings — published 1992 — 34 editions	My rating:
	The Last Jew 394 avg rating — 891 ratings — published 2000 — 32 editions	My rating:
	Matters of Choice (Cole Family Trilogy, #3) 312 avg rating — 450 ratings — published 1995 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Rabbi 349 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 1966 — 28 editions	My rating:
	La Bodega 331 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Death Committee 311 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 1987 — 25 editions	My rating:
	The Jerusalem Diamond 331 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 1979 — 16 editions	My rating:
	La Saga de la Familia Cole 467 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1996	My rating:
	Seis Historias de Animales = Six Animal Stories 500 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by Noah Gordon

Cole Family Trilogy (3 books)
by Noah Gordon

407 avg rating — 4693 ratings

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“Life is glorious, but it can be counted on to be cruel.”
― Noah Gordon, The Last Jew

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