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"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."--Publishers description.

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Windsor, Paragon
Language
English
Pages
287

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Subjects
Fiction, History, Fiction, historical, Iraq, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, general, Archaeologists, fiction, Fiction, historical, general
Places
Iraq
Times
1534-1921

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Originally published: New York: Nan A. Talese ; Hutchinson 2009.

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Dewey Decimal Class
823.914

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Pagination
287 pages
Number of pages
287

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OL32114731M
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landofmarvels0000unsw
ISBN 10
1408428598, 1408428601
ISBN 13
9781408428597, 9781408428603
OCLC/WorldCat
973605064
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1914, and 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 are vying for control over the land and its many prizes.

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