00000nam a2200000 a 4500 Dahl, Roald aut Verfasser/-in Pictures: Steadman, Ralph aut Verfasser/-in E-Adventure E-Parable The Mildenhall Treasure Roald Dahl ; Ralph Pictures: Steadman London Random House 1999 In 1946, when he was making a living fiction for American magazines, R. Dahl wrote a true story called The Mildenhall Treasure. It tells how Gordon Butcher, a Suffolk ploughman, uncovered the greatest treasure ever found in the British Isles, a hoard of Roman silver of unparalleled beauty and value. And how, not appreciating what he had discovered, he was cheated out of the fortune that should have been his. <br/>A savage parable of innocence and greed, this book is now republished. 9780224060172 9780224060172 ger 0