I’d gladly watch a film about that lovely encounter, and I’d happily curl up with this one again as well. And an intimate chat between Peggy and Rory allows the film to tell us the story of Beatrice Harrison, a British cellist who in 1924 was recorded outside by the fledgling BBC, her work accompanied by the singing of wild nightingales. So many hearts aflutter! But for all the romantic trappings, the archeological bones of the story remain solid. Peggy subsequently develops a crush on Edith’s cousin Rory (Johnny Flynn), even though he’s about to be called up by the RAF. It’s clear from the start that he has little physical interest in his wife – how or why they got married in the first place is never explored – and he would rather spend time with another archeologist, played by Eamon Farren. Then there’s Stuart and Peggy (Ben Chaplin, Lily James), who show up to help on the dig. A great true story told from the view point of several characters that participated in The Dig. The Dig told a story of the impending war, the urgency to get the dig completed, and the artifacts safely stored. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. I love books written about the 1930s and 1940s. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
She along with Basil Brown played by actor Ralph Fiennes who worked on the excavation of The Great Ship Burial and his assistants Bert Fuller and Tom Sawyer along with the Ipswich museum joined forces and started excavating Edith’s estate.
Frank and Edith Pretty's son Robert was born in 1930.įrank Pretty died due to stomach cancer when Edith Pretty's son Robert was just 4 years old. When Edith Pretty’s son Robert Pretty got a bit older she asked for help from the Ipswich museum to tell her what was on her estate. In July 1937, Edith met Vincent Redstone, a local historian, and spoke about burial mounds on her estate, which she became increasingly curious about. Edith and Frank finally married a year after her father passed away in 1925. He proposed to Edith on her eighteenth birthday, but she had to decline because her father disapproved of their relationship. Her husband, Frank Pretty, knew her for many years before they got married. According to the British Museum, Edith Pretty was born in 1883 came from a wealthy family and inherited the Sutton Hoo estate.
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