Land of Marvels

Informationen zum Autor Barry Unsworth Klappentext Barry Unsworth was born in 1930 in Durham. He was the author of many novels, including Pascali¿s Island , which was shortlisted for the 1980 Booker Prize; Stone Virgin (1985); Sacred Hunger , which was joint winner of the 1992 Booker Prize; Morality Play , which was shortlisted for the 1995 Booker Prize; Losing Nelson (1999); The Songs of the King (2002); The Ruby in Her Navel (2006); Land of Marvels (2009); and The Quality of Mercy (2011), which was shortlisted for The Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction. Barry Unsworth died in 2012. Zusammenfassung 1914, and an English archaeologist called Somerville is fulfilling a lifelong dream: to direct an excavation in the desert of Mesopotamia. And Somerville, whose intention is purely to discover and preserve the land's ancient treasures finds his idealism sorely tested.

Product details

• Authors: Barry Unsworth
• Publisher: Windmill Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.01.2010
• EAN: 9780099534549
• ISBN: 978-0-09-953454-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; historische Abenteuerromane, Historical fiction, FICTION / Action & Adventure, Modern and contemporary fiction, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945)