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Author:

Unsworth, Barry, 1930-

Title:

Land of marvels a novel Barry Unsworth.

Edition:

pbk.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Co.; Nan A. Talese Books,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

287 p. 21 cm.

Subject:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

OCLC:

(OCoLC)212893640

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

NUPD663 -- Osage Public Library (Osage)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)