Eaters of the Dead
About this book
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
- adaptations
- adventure
- american literature
- beowolf
- beowulf
- beowulf adaptations
- dragons
- english epic poetry adaptations
- epic poetry, english (old)
- fantasy
- fantasy fiction
- fiction
- fiction, fantasy, general
- fiction, historical, general
- fiction, horror
- fiction, science fiction, general
- fiction, suspense
- heroes
- historical
- historical fiction
- horror
- large type books
- middle ages
- monsters
- mythology
- northmen
- novels
- science fiction
- thriller
- vikings