Hardcover, 193 pages
English language
Published Nov. 19, 1976 by Knopf.
Eaters of the dead
the manuscript of Ibn Fadlan relating his experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922
Michael Crichton: Eaters of the dead (Hardcover, 1976, Knopf)
- ISBN:
- 978-0-394-49400-5
- OCLC Number:
- 1342158611
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Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in AD 922 (later republished as The 13th Warrior to correspond with the film adaptation of the novel) is a 1976 novel by Michael Crichton, the fourth novel under his own name and his 14th overall. The story is about a 10th-century Muslim Arab who travels with a group of Vikings to their settlement.
Crichton explains in an appendix that the book was based on two sources. The first three chapters are a retelling of Ahmad ibn Fadlan's personal account of his actual journey north and his experiences with and observations of Varangians. The remainder is a retelling of Beowulf.
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Subjects
- Ibn Faḍlān, Aḥmad, fl. 922 -- Fiction
- Beowulf -- Adaptations
- Epic poetry, English (Old) -- Adaptations
- Heroes -- Scandinavia -- Fiction
- Northmen -- Fiction
- Monsters -- Fiction
- Vikings -- Fiction
- Dragons -- Fiction