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The Dig. Film Tie-In

By John Preston

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The Dig. Film Tie-In

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A brilliantly realised account of the most famous archeological dig in British history, now a major motion picture starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James. 'Exquisitely original' Ian MacEwan 'An enthralling story of love and loss' Robert Harris In the long hot summer of 1939 Britain is preparing for war. But on a riverside farm in Suffolk there is excitement of another kind: Mrs Pretty, the widowed farmer, has had her hunch proved correct that the strange mounds on her land hold buried treasure. As the dig proceeds against a background of mounting national anxiety, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary find... John Preston's recreation of the Sutton Hoo dig - the greatest Anglo-Saxon discovery ever in Britain - brilliantly and comically dramatizes three months of intense activity when locals fought outsiders, professionals thwarted amateurs, and love and rivalry flourished in equal measure. 'A tale of rivalry, loss and thwarted love so absorbing that I read right through lunchtime one day, and it's not often I miss a meal' Nigella Lawson 'A delicate evocation of a vanished era' Sunday Times
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
240
Release Date:
2021-01-07
Publication Date:
2021-01-07
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0241989639
ISBN13:
9780241989630
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
170 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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