{"product_id":"9780241989630","title":"The Dig : Now a BAFTA-nominated motion picture starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James","description":"Author(s): Preston, John, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 07\/01\/2021, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 240 pages, \u003cbr\u003eSeries: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Penguin Books Ltd, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd, \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: Suffolk\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 128 x 196 x 23mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 172g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780241989630\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Exquisitely original' Ian MacEwan'An enthralling story of love and loss' Robert HarrisIn 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37872341385369,"sku":"9780241989630","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9780241989630.jpg?v=1724788535","url":"https:\/\/steyningbookshop.info\/products\/9780241989630","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}