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Based on a true story. I read it for my movie/bookclub. It's about the archaeological discovery of Sutton Hoo in England. 4 ⭐

Yes the movie was based on a novel… fascinating retelling of the Sutton Hoo dig. As war approaches the owner of Three barrows seeks the assistance of a professional digger to investigate what they contain. It quickly becomes apparent they have located the greatest Anglo-Saxon ship burial ever found. A site which redefines the dark ages. On a more personal level a interesting picture of the tension between professional and academic archaeologists.

Good narration by a full cast, including Simon Vance (one of my favorite narrators, who also does the Red Rising series audiobooks). Short but sweet, and informative narrative non-fiction. However, I did prefer the recent movie adaptation.

I bought this book several years ago while on vacation. I never got around to reading it until I saw that Netflix was making a film based on the novel. Of course I had to read the book before I watched the movie, but I couldn‘t find enough time to sit with the paperback. I ended up getting the audiobook. I enjoyed the story of the discovery of an archeological dig as England is preparing for WWII. The film was lovely, but the book is better!

April 2021 - read after watched - enjoyed. Not sure if watching before reading spoiled it a bit but the story was still interesting and it was well read.

Of course I am juggling way too many books at the same time. Top row are Kindle/ebooks, bottom row are audiobooks. #currentlyreading #currentlylistening

I had no idea until I saw the end credits tonight that this movie was based on a book!

Has anyone read it? The movie was so good! I‘m curious how similar it is to the book.

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I didn't realise till the end credits that this was based on a book. Its about an archaeological dig in 1939 in Suffolk and about the people related to it. Its such a beautiful movie that binds the past, present and the future, it's worth every moment you spend with it.
Don't know how the book is but the movie is spectacular, a warm hug on a cold winter night.Do watch it over the weekend, highly recommended.

Quite a moving description.

Loved the movie - the book didn‘t quite match up (a rarity for me!). Prestons language is sparse and he has created a compulsive story that explores the 3 months that surround the discovery of the greatest Anglo Saxon discovery of our age. It‘s fashioned on a true story and is a great launch pad to learn more around this event. What the movie did - that I was longing for in the book - was really capture the suffolk landscape.

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Just watched the Netflix adaptation and loved it - so hoping the book is good too! It set in Suffolk (UK) - a part of the world I know well and a watery landscape that I absolutely love. Th film really captured the marshlands, forests and creeks - I really loved it and can't wait to read how the landscape is described in Prestons words.

Lots of TV here to supplement your 2021 reading. I‘m really looking forward to The Dig and Death On The Nile. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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This was an enjoyable fictionalized account of the 1939 explorations of the tumuli at Sutton Hoo. I have always been fascinated by archeological finds such as this one. It immediately went on my TBR pile. I love the juxtaposition of the dark cloud of the impending world war over the ancient and bright finds being discovered and all the various personalities involved. Great little read--I only wish it was longer at only 259 pages.

This is Edith Pretty who was the owner of the Sutton Hoo house and land, and who hired Basil Brown and commissioned the excavation of the mounds there on the property. Mrs Pretty was quite pretty--I love this charming photo.

Happy Book Lovers Day!
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This was one of my #miinimalistcovers from earlier today and I was reminded that I wanted to read it! So I picked it up and I really like it so far. {A note about my reading habits: I work in an Indie bookstore so I read a "real" book there...at home I mostly read on a Kindle. Sometimes I have a Kindle copy of my work book, oftentimes I don't.}

This fictionalized account of the pre-WWII discovery of an Anglo-Saxon ship and king buried at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk is a pleasant, interesting story. The author has fashioned likable characters who come together over one of the most fascinating archaeological finds of the 20th century. I do wish, however, that some of the characters were fleshed out more. While I enjoyed the book, it read like a draft of a longer, more complicated tale.

Hello, Saturday. Let's get reading. In pre-World War II England a rich and important archaeological site is found on a widow's Suffolk farm. Inspired by true events. Takes me back to my archaeology field school days.