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.
Product code: 9780241989630
| ISBN |
9780241989630 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD in mm) |
H196xW128xS22 |
| Edition |
Media tie-in |
| No. Of Pages |
240 |
| Publisher |
Penguin Books Ltd |
| On Sale Date |
01/01/2000 |