Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
287 pages ; 22 cm |
Summary |
Set in Mesopotamia during the spring of 1914, just before the chaos of WWI, John Somerville, a British archeologist desperate for fame, worries that his new discovery, an ancient tomb, will be compromised by the construction--funded by Germany--of a new railway line. At the excavation site, Somerville's wife, Edith, wonders if her marriage has fizzled, especially after the arrival of Alex Elliott, a handsome American posing as a geologist but secretly searching for new sources of oil. Meanwhile, Jehar, an Arab confidence man, brings often fabricated messages to Somerville, warning him that the Germans are quickly approaching. |
Subject |
Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
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British -- Iraq -- Fiction.
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Geologists -- United States -- Fiction.
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Americans -- Iraq -- Fiction.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Iraq -- Fiction.
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Petroleum -- Prospecting -- Iraq -- Fiction.
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Middle East -- History -- Fiction.
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1910-1936 -- Fiction.
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Iraq -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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ISBN |
9780385520072 alkaline paper |
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0385520077 alkaline paper |
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