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LAND OF MARVELS
by BARRY UNSWORTH
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0091926173
- ISBN 13
- 9780091926175
- Seller
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About This Item
LONDON: HUTCHINSON , 2009 Black Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 240 x 160 mm approx. [viii] + 288 pp + Notes on Author and type. First Edition 1st impression 2009. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book- no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - non price clipped cover £18.99. No notable defects to book or jacket). Please state when placing order if you would wish that a removable proprietary protective sleeve be fitted.
Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130694
- Title
- LAND OF MARVELS
- Author
- BARRY UNSWORTH
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0091926173
- ISBN 13
- 9780091926175
- Publisher
- HUTCHINSON
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- Land of Marvels, Barry Unsworth, Fiction, Iraq,
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