Oil for the 20th Century

This really is just an excuse to go back to the dawn of the 20th Century and see off Queen Victoria, showcase some well dug out archive and set the scene for the exploration of the vastness of Persia for oil. It's told via a narration taken, partly, from some letters of the man granted an exclusive mandate to go looking. The team was led by D.B. Reynolds, an Englishman, and his goal was to strike ...