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Originally Posted by HarryT
Something slightly at a tangent, but which may still be of interest, is John Preston's 2007 book, "The Dig". This is a novelisation (but with all the original people in it) of the discovery and excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship burial in the late 1930s, the most significant and well-known archaeological discovery from Anglo-Saxon Britain (the "Sutton Hoo Horde" today occupies a whole room at the British Museum). Very interesting and readable.
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Interesting, I'll give it a try.
As an aside, I got the Tyldesley book and finished it. A very interesting read. Even further aside, my friend in Wales was just awarded her PHD. She use to be a student of mine, so I'm pretty proud of her.