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| Author | John Preston |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Clifford Harper |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical/Romance novel |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | May 2007 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | vi & 231 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0-670-91491-3 |
| OCLC | 77540876 |
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.