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Land of marvels : a novel /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Unsworth, Barry, 1930-2012
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Nan A. Talese, [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
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.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1910-1936 > Fiction.
Iraq > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
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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.
Physical Description:287 pages ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780385520072 (alk. paper)
0385520077 (alk. paper)