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Comment: might possibly be notable. ck for reveiws DGG ( talk ) 06:58, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Comment: might be notable Needs references to reviews DGG ( talk ) 23:54, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Mudlarking: Lost and Found on the River Thames is a book written by Lara Maiklem and published August 2019 in UK, Australia and New Zealand by Bloomsbury. It was published in the US and Canada as Mudlark: In Search of London's History Along the River Thames by Liveright.

Moving from the river's tidal origins in Teddington to the Thames Estuary in the east, Mudlarking is a search for urban solitude and history on the River Thames, the longest archaeological site in the world.

The book has been:

Sunday Times Bestseller
BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week
The Observer Book of the Year
Daily Express Book of the Year

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