Their threads of love, loss, and aspiration weave a common awareness of the past as something that can never truly be left behind.

As the war looms ever closer, engraved gold peeks through the soil, and each character searches for answers in the buried treasure. This fictional recreation of the famed Sutton Hoo dig follows three months of intense activity when locals fought outsiders, professionals thwarted amateurs, and love and rivalry flourished in equal measure. As the dig proceeds, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary find. Pretty, the widowed owner of the farm, has had her hunch confirmed that the mounds on her land hold buried treasure. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britains past resonate in the face of its uncertain future. As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. In the long, hot summer of 1939, Britain is preparing for war, but on a riverside farm in Suffolk there is excitement of another kind. Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan & Lily James. THE BASIS FOR THE NETFLIX FILM STARRING CAREY MULLIGAN, RALPH FIENNES, AND LILY JAMESĪ literary adventure that tells the story of a priceless buried treasure discovered in England on the eve of World War II

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