The Dig

by John Preston · first published 2007

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". 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.

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Genre:

Romantic fiction, Historical fiction

Original language:

English

Year page:

2007