Land of marvels : a novel

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Title:

Land of marvels : a novel

Author:

Unsworth, Barry, 1930-2012.

Personal Author:

Unsworth, Barry, 1930-2012.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Nan A. Talese, [2009]

Physical Description:

287 pages ; 22 cm

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.

Language:

English

Subject Term:

Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Fiction.

British -- Iraq -- Fiction.

Geologists -- United States -- Fiction.

Americans -- Iraq -- Fiction.

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Iraq -- Fiction.

Petroleum -- Prospecting -- Iraq -- Fiction.

Petroleum industry and trade -- Middle East -- History -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1910-1936 -- Fiction.