The Dig (novel)
2007 historical novel by John Preston / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Dig is a historical novel by John Preston, published in May 2007, set in the context of the 1939 Anglo-Saxon ship burial excavation at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, England. The dust jacket describes it as "a brilliantly realized account of the most famous archaeological dig in Britain in modern times".
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Author | John Preston |
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Illustrator | Clifford Harper |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Historical/Romance novel |
Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | May 2007 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | vi & 231 pp |
ISBN | 978-0-670-91491-3 |
OCLC | 77540876 |
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The author employs a degree of literary license so that the account in the book differs in various ways from the real events of the Sutton Hoo excavations.