Dear and Glorious Physician by Taylor Caldwell

Dear and Glorious Physician

by Taylor Caldwell

Collins, 1959, hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners award plate on inside front cover, minor foxing and tape residue on end-papers, dusty fore-edges, dust-jacket shows some edge and shelf wear with rubbing, chips and small tears to edges, some rubbing and small holes in places (see photographs)

"This story, Taylor Caldwell's greatest historical novel, is based on the life of St. Luke, and set against the colourful background of the Roman Empire.  Born a Greek , Luke became the protege and adopted son of the Roman governor of Antioch.  His foster father sent the young Lucanus (as he was then called) to Alexandria to study medicine, and there he ultimately became one of the greatest physicians of the ancient world.  After the death of Jesus, Lucanus embraced Christianity.  The latter part of this rich historical novel describes the new Christians's  pilgrimage to the Holy Land where he sought out everyone he could find who had known The Master."