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LAND OF MARVELS.
de Unsworth, Barry
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine in fine dust jacket./fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385520077
- ISBN 13
- 9780385520072
- Librería
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New York:: Doubleday,, (2009). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. A thriller by this award winning writer, set in 1914 in a world on the brink of war, one in which "he brings to life the schemes and double-dealings of Western nations grappling for a foothold in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire.Somerville, a British archaeologist, is excavating a long-buried Assyrian palace. The site lies directly in the path of a new railroad to Baghdad, and he watches nervously as the construction progresses, threatening to destroy his discovery. . .. Posing as an archaeologist, an American geologist from an oil company arrives one day and insinuates himself into the group. But heÕs not the only one working undercover to stake a claim on IraqÕs rich oil fields. " 287 pp.
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Barry Unsworth, a writer with an "almost magical capacity for literary time travel" (New York Times Book Review) has the extraordinary ability to re-create the past and make it relevant to contemporary readers. In Land of Marvels, a thriller set in 1914, he brings to life the schemes and double-dealings of Western nations grappling for a foothold in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire.Somerville, a British archaeologist, is excavating a long-buried Assyrian palace. The site lies directly in the path of a new railroad to Baghdad, and he watches nervously as the construction progresses, threatening to destroy his discovery. The expedition party includes Somerville's beautiful, bored wife, Edith; Patricia, a smart young graduate student; and Jehar, an Arab man-of-all-duties whose subservient manner belies his intelligence and ambitions. Posing as an archaeologist, an American geologist from an oil company arrives one day and insinuates himself into the group. But he's not the only one working undercover to stake a claim on Iraq's rich oil fields. Historical fiction at its finest, Land of Marvels opens a window on the past and reveals its lasting impact.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 89034
- Título
- LAND OF MARVELS.
- Autor
- Unsworth, Barry
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardcover first edition -
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- fine
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0385520077
- ISBN 13
- 9780385520072
- Editorial
- Doubleday,
- Lugar de publicación
- New York:
- Fecha de publicación
- (2009)
- Palabras clave
- world war i, iraq, archeology,
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Historical Fiction;
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