The Dig: Now a BAFTA-nominated motion picture starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James

Name: The Dig: Now a BAFTA-nominated motion picture starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James
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By John Preston

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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 Petty, 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 though that this is no ordinary find ... And pretty soon the discovery leads to all kinds of jealousies and tensions. 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 rivaly flourished in equal measure

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 240
Release Date:: 2008-05-29
Publication Date:: 2008-05-29
Publisher:: Penguin
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 0141016388
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 170 g
Height:: 12.9 cm
Width:: 19.8 cm
Thickness:: 1.5 cm

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