{"product_id":"9780241989630-dig","title":"The Dig","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow a BAFTA-nominated motion picture starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exquisitely original' Ian MacEwan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An enthralling story of love and loss' Robert Harris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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. As the dig proceeds against a background of mounting national anxiety, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary find.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A tale of rivalry, loss and thwarted love so absorbing that I read right through lunchtime one day, and it's not often I miss a meal' Nigella Lawson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A delicate evocation of a vanished era' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39325269131361,"sku":"9780241989630","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_38292580_8e597cb2-29c4-407b-855e-113bb43c024b.jpg?v=1763888095","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241989630-dig","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}