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The dig

Paperback • 2021 • English • 1. edition

The dig

By John Preston

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About the book

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. 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. In the long hot summer of 1939 Britain is preparing for war. But on a riv...Show more

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ISBN

9780241989630

Publisher

Penguin Books

Published year

2021

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The dig

Format

Paperback

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