Dear and Glorious Physician

[Shasta-Rose]

Has anyone here read Dear and Glorious Physician: A Novel About St. Luke by Taylor Caldwell? It’s an older book but still in print. I just wondered if it was worth getting? Wondered what Catholics think of it, mainly. It gets good reviews on Amazon.

Thanks.

 

[puer.dei]

I read it forever ago, so I don’t remember much detail. What I do remember is that I loved it.

 

[PetraG]

It is super-long, over 500 pages. I loved it–I felt like it was one of those books you don’t want to end that kind of doesn’t!–but my brother-in-law hated it. Our library had it, though, so I didn’t have to buy it. I think if I had to do it again, I’d put a library hold on it and read it when the libraries open (which ours are beginning to do for online holds and curbside pick-up).

 

[Dlee]

I have it but have not started to read it - I have this habit of buying books…

 

[stpurl]

Read it years ago. Also “Great Lion of God’, same author, about St. Paul. Some 50 years ago as a young teen I was very moved by long and Biblical stories, “Quo Vadis’ and Ben Hur” and “The Robe” as well as the two above. Also loved Thomas B Costain’s “The Silver Chalice” (side note to that, the movie made of same had the first screen appearance leading man of Paul Newman!)

 

[JulianN]

And then read Great Lion of God, which is about St. Paul. Another Taylor Caldwell book I loved was Grandmother and the Priests.

 

[Shasta-Rose]

Thanks, folks, for your thoughts. The library is also a good idea. I think I’ll try there first. It does seem like something I’d probably enjoy.