Beneath

The excavation of a well at a Roman villa site in Somerset brings together a man and a woman of greatly differing ages and backgrounds – Anthony, in his mid-sixties, a retired civil servant, and Giuditta, thirty years his junior, a beautiful Italian.

She shares his archaeological passion. They both have their secrets, which slowly become clear as the well is dug. What is found deep beneath the earth and what is exposed of their lives make a dangerous dichotomy. 

The past lies close upon the present and will bring only tragedy. 

This is a story rich in archaeological detail – an exciting narrative of discovery, upon which obsession and betrayal cast a dark shadow.