The Dig

In 1939 with the British people filled with apprehension by the newspapers stories of international tension in a quiet corner of Suffolk a discovery of national importance was made. In the grounds of Sutton House the largest boat burial in Europe was discovered. Thought to be the grave of an Anglo-Saxon King of East Anglia the contents, which had escaped the attentions of seventeenth century grave robbers, changed forever historians conception of the so-called Dark Ages. The Dig by John Preston is a vivid novelisation of the discovery of the Sutton Hoo treasure seen from the perspectives of key characters involved and is almost guaranteed to encourage the reader to further research.