{"product_id":"the-dig-john-preston","title":"The Dig (John Preston)","description":"\u003cdiv\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\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJohn Preston \u003c\/b\u003eis a former Arts Editor of the \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003ci\u003e Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e. For ten years he was the Sunday Telegraph's television critic and one of its chief feature writers. His novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Dig\u003c\/i\u003e, based on the 1939 archaeological excavation at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, has been filmed starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James. His first nonfiction book, \u003ci\u003eA Very English Scandal\u003c\/i\u003e, was published to great acclaim in 2016 and turned into BAFTA-winning BBC drama series. His latest book \u003ci\u003eFall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell\u003c\/i\u003e was published to great acclaim in February 2021. It has been shortlisted for both the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Costa Biography Prize and is being adapted for television by Working Title productions.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 240 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65880315986269,"sku":"K089065938","price":11.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8906593800001A.jpg?v=1789015916","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-dig-john-preston","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}