The Dig: A Novel Based On True Events, Preston - B

                     This story is set in Suffolk in 1939 and features an excavation of burial mounds on private land. A widow, Edith Pretty proceeds with the project that had been a dream of her late husband. She hires Basil Brown,  a local man with decades of experience with the soils of southeast England. Brown proceeds to unearth the most important archeological discovery in the country's history. A ship from the Anglo-Saxon era is found, and various museums battle over who will display it. In the end, the intervention of war stops all the plans in their tracks. This is a delightful read and one that has been turned into a good, if not better, film by Netflix.