In the land of the two rivers, gardens of Eden

Author: Martin Swain Category: Travel Literature Publisher: Al-Rafidain Publishing and Distribution Year of Publication: 2025 Format: Paperback Cover Type: Regular About the Book: A book about Mesopotamia.. Paradise of Eden by Martin Swain.. The author narrates in this book details of the British campaign during World War I on southern Iraq from his perspective as an officer in the British Medical Corps, as he presents in a smooth, beautiful, and moving literary style the details of his daily life while building the field hospital in southern Iraq, his daily tasks, and his monitoring of the patients. He analyzes in the chapters of the book with great depth and amazement the suffering of soldiers from the heat, scorching sun, and illness, with deep analyses of the reality of life experienced at that time and various references to the conditions of the local population and the poverty and hardship they suffer from, which forced some of them into acts of theft and looting. The book is enriched with a beautiful collection of drawings, created by the author himself. The book represents an enjoyable journey to learn about the conditions of the country and its people during that dark period in Iraq's modern history.