{"product_id":"anyone-for-edmund","title":"Anyone for Edmund?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey dug up his bones. They didn’t know he had a mind of his own\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Hilarious and painfully believable’ \u003cem\u003eThe Lady\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"8c12fd7c-d468-948e-f27d-90869300ce0e\"]' data-w-id=\"8c12fd7c-d468-948e-f27d-90869300ce0e\"\u003eUnder tennis courts at a ruined Suffolk abbey, archaeologists make a thrilling find: the remains of St Edmund, king and martyr. He was venerated for centuries as England’s patron saint, but his body has been lost since the closure of the monasteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"62c3ceee-6ab0-1d4b-0ad5-ee2ecb7c17e7\"]' data-w-id=\"62c3ceee-6ab0-1d4b-0ad5-ee2ecb7c17e7\"\u003eCulture Secretary Marina Spencer, adored by those who don’t know her, jumps on the bandwagon. Egged on by her downtrodden adviser Mark Price, she promotes St Edmund as a new patron saint for the United Kingdom, playing up his Scottish, Welsh and Irish credentials. Unfortunately these credentials are a fiction, invented by Mark in a moment of panic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"0c73a0d7-e819-19b3-4813-c8056a23e88d\"]' data-w-id=\"0c73a0d7-e819-19b3-4813-c8056a23e88d\"\u003eAs crisis looms, the one person who can see through the whole deception is Mark’s cousin Hannah, a dig volunteer. Will she blow the whistle or help him out? And what of St Edmund himself, watching through the baffling prism of a very different age?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"4a616ada-bf82-9903-177e-ce624087585c\"]' data-w-id=\"4a616ada-bf82-9903-177e-ce624087585c\"\u003eSplicing ancient and modern as he did in \u003cem data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"c58cc825-58f3-4981-d717-1479606c5104\"]' data-w-id=\"c58cc825-58f3-4981-d717-1479606c5104\"\u003eThe Hopkins Conundrum\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"b8e7aeb9-cf2a-66ec-15b7-eec36aca708e\"]' data-w-id=\"b8e7aeb9-cf2a-66ec-15b7-eec36aca708e\"\u003eA Right Royal Face-Off\u003c\/em\u003e, Simon Edge pokes fun at Westminster culture and celebrates the cult of a medieval saint in this beguiling and utterly original comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e‘Edge’s sharp-edged political comedy is guaranteed to have you laughing out loud as the discovery of St Edmund’s remains underneath a tennis court sets off a farcical chain of events’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe i Paper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘I loved this smart and divinely wry book, with its perfect marriage of archaeology, patron sainthood, and 10 Downing Street dirt. What a terrific eye and ear is at work here!’ \u003cstrong\u003eElinor Lipman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Gripping, funny and richly entertaining. Not only a compelling read, but also a story grounded in real history and the genuine questions of national identity that are still thrown up by the legacies of medieval patron saints’ \u003cstrong\u003eDr Francis Young, author of \u003cem\u003eEdmund: In Search of England’s Lost King\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Beautifully written and well crafted, [it’s] at once hilarious and painfully believable...’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Lady\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Rich in history and bunk’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaga Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The perfect pick-me-up. Funny and uplifting’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWaitrose Weekend\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A hugely enjoyable page-turner written with parodic panache’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eYorkshire Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Brilliant – very funny’ \u003cstrong\u003eLesley Dolphin, BBC Radio Suffolk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘This mix of satire, mystery and a few supernatural goings-on makes an entertaining and intriguing read’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuffolk Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePaperback: 304pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublished: Lightning Books (September 2020)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eISBN: 9781785631917\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eye Books Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31604824342590,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/products\/Screenshot2022-11-04at15.56.03.png?v=1667577958","url":"https:\/\/www.eyebooksgroup.com\/products\/anyone-for-edmund","provider":"Eye Books Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}