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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John Preston is the author of three highly acclaimed novels and a travel book. He writes for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, and lives in west London.
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Da: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. First Edition, First Impression. 8vo. pp 231.Original publisher's green cloth lettered gilt at the spine Basis for the 2021 film of the same title exploring the story of the excavation of the Great Ship Burial at Sutton Hoo in 1939. Fine in fine dust jacket. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. Codice articolo C105743
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, this book is the basis for the 2021 film of the same title, and this copy has a mild skew to the binding, bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, and toning to the page edges. Overall, this is a solid, tight and clean, Very Good+ copy in an unclipped, Very Good dust jacket, which has bumps with slight creasing to the spine ends and lower corners, light sunning to the spine, and some rubbing with a touch of soiling to the covers, particularly at the tail of the back. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar, and additional images are available by request. Codice articolo 214962
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Hardcover. First UK Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 230 pages. In Very Good condition with Near Fine condition dust jacket. Spine is pale pink with magenta and black lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "£16.99" on front flap. Signed flat by John Preston on title page. Shelved in hallway. 1388741. Special Collections. Codice articolo 1388741
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