The gripping story of the Sutton Hoo excavation, told from several points of view. A race against time and the onset of war as well as the archaeological event of a lifetime which gave rise to furious professional tussles and emotional change. Through it all, implicit themes of the rise and fall of civilisations, human impermanence and the possibilities for life after death are all the more powerful for being unstated. This one hooked me from the first line.
(Tony Pratt - bwl 75 Winter 2015 ) |
