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Item Information   Holdings     Author Notes & Sketches     First Chapter Excerpts     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Summary       More by this author     Unsworth, Barry, 1930-     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Unsworth, Barry, 1930-       by title:      Land of marvels : a ...

Land of marvels : a novel / Barry Unsworth. by Unsworth, Barry, 1930- London : Hutchinson, 2009. 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. ISBN:  9780091926175 (hbk.) 0091926173 (hbk.) Description:  287 p. ; 24 cm. Summary:  In 1914, an English archaeologist called Somerville is fulfilling a lifelong dream: to direct an excavation in the desert of Mesopotamia. Yet forces beyond his control threaten his work. The Great War is looming, and various interest groups - Turkish, German, English and American - are vying for control over the land and its strategic and economic prizes. The Germans are securing trade routes with a new railway; a major in the Royal Engineers is working undercover, secretly mapping for the British the areas rich in oil; the Bedouin Jehar takes what he can from his new paymasters. The greatest idealist is Somerville, whose intention is to discover and preserve the land's ancient treasures. As he weaves these stories together in a powerful narrative, Unsworth provides a brilliant commentary on imperial ambition in the Middle East, and an acute historical perspective on the land that became modern Iraq. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Pinehaven Library General Fiction F Available Request Copy Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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