Yet even Mrs Pretty would never have guessed at the sheer magnificence of what Basil would find. And he did, with the help of a couple of farmhands and young Robert, her son. When Mrs Pretty invited local archaeologist Basil Brown to have a go at excavating the enormous earth-mounds on her land, she was confident he would find something. Even in sleepy Suffolk preparations are afoot: soon there will be huge barrage balloons floating above the Deben Estuary, unlikely barriers to German aircraft." "But above the river, in the farmland around Sutton House, a different kind of battle is taking place - one that revolves around a much earlier foreign invader. In London there are evening air-raid drills, and trenches are being dug across Hyde Park.
"It's the summer of 1939, and Britain is preparing for war.
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