John Broughton

Born with a mind that astonishes scholars and rulers alike, Avicenna rises from gifted child to celebrated physician after saving the life of a dying emir. He gains access to the forbidden royal library, but his brilliance soon attracts powerful enemies. Travelling from court to court with his loyal student al-Juzjani, Avicenna refines a radical belief that body, mind, and soul cannot be separated.
Continuing his work that will ultimately become The Canon of Medicine, Avicenna challenges the traditional beliefs. Finding rare intellectual freedom and a partnership with the scholar Layla, their ideas will reshape the world. THE SULTAN'S PHYSICIAN is a richly woven portrait of one of history's greatest thinkers.