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Author:
Unsworth, Barry.
Title:
Land of marvels : a novel / Barry Unsworth.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
W.W Norton & Company,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
287 p. ; 21 cm.
Subject:
ArchaeologistszGreat BritainvFiction.
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.
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.
ISBN:
0393335526
9780393335521
Locations:
MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

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