Leah Larson

The Iraqi Enigma Leah Larson

In the 1920's, a British archeologist makes a shocking discovery in the Iraqi desert! Leonard Woolley, a brilliant archeologist and master spy, was sent deep into Ottoman territory in World War I. Now the war is over and Mesopotamia has become Iraq. Woolley, appointed Head of the Expedition to Ur of the Chaldees, stumbles upon physical evidence proving the existence of the world's first published poet, Enheduanna, whose maniacal father, Sargon, coerced her into helping him plot to conquer the world. Woolley and Enheduanna's intertwined lives span millennia between Iraq and ancient Sumeria, resurrecting and revealing Enheduanna's civilization in all of its barbarian splendor. Larger-than-life personalities Winston Churchill, Lawrence of Arabia, Gertrude Bell, and Agatha Christie, are blended into the narrative, creating a novel rife with political intrigue and speculation, baring the minds and souls of the men and women who helped shape the Middle East in the early 1920's. Fans of meticulously researched historical novels will thoroughly enjoy the rich descriptions of mysterious, forgotten lands in Leah Larson's debut novel, The Iraqi Enigma. Let yourself be swept away to Iraq, ancient Sumeria, and the enlightened city of Ur of the Chaldees.