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Land of marvels : a novel / Barry Unsworth.

Unsworth, Barry, 1930-2012 (Author).

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.

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  • 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.

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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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  • 5 of 5 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Rutherford County Library System. (Show)

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Mooneyham Public Library F Uns (Text) 30113100081343 Adult Fiction Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library F UNSWORTH (Text) 39493106329008 Adult Fiction Available -
Forsyth Central FIC Unsworth, Barry (Text) 0112516634436 Adult Fiction Available -
Henderson Main Branch UNS (Text) 33258006195536 Adult Fiction Available -
Lee County Main Library F/UNSWORTH (Text) 33262002913934 Adult Fiction Available -

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