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The Dig: Now a BAFTA-nominated motion picture starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James
John Preston
The Dig: Now a BAFTA-nominated motion picture starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James
John Preston
Now a major motion picture starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James! A brilliantly realised account of the most famous archeological dig in British history. 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 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.
240 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | January 7, 2021 |
ISBN13 | 9780241989630 |
Publishers | Penguin Books Ltd |
Genre | Fiction |
Pages | 240 |
Dimensions | 196 × 128 × 23 mm · 172 g |
Language | English |
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