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Land of marvels : a novel / Barry Unsworth.

Summary:

In this thriller set in the Middle East of 1914, Somerville, a British archaeologist, and his team are excavating a long-buried Assyrian palace when an American geologist from an oil company posing as an archaeologist arrives one day and insinuates himself into Somerville's group. But he's not the only one working undercover to stake a claim on Iraq's rich oil fields.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0385520077
  • ISBN: 9780385520072
  • Physical Description: 287 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Nan A. Talese, [2009]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Americans > Iraq > Fiction.
Archaeologists > Great Britain > Fiction.
British > Iraq > Fiction.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Iraq > Fiction.
Geologists > United States > Fiction.
Petroleum industry and trade > Middle East > History > Fiction.
Petroleum > Prospecting > Iraq > Fiction.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1910-1936 > Fiction.
Iraq > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

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