An edition of Eaters of the Dead (1976)

Eaters of the Dead

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An edition of Eaters of the Dead (1976)

Eaters of the Dead

Bantam Edition; Illustrated Edition

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.69 ·
  • 13 Ratings
  • 113 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 26 Have read

Mystery, history, horror--it's a sword-rattling adventure with as many lopped heads and limbs as a nightmare...as much wild and drunken sex as a dream. It's the incredible chronicle of Ibn Fadlan, emissary of the Caliph of Bagdad, relating his expedition to the wild Viking barrens and his terrifying encounter there with the ferocious hairy demons of the Northland. It's the marvellous new Crichton novel with all the amazement of THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN and the captivating suspense of THE TERMINAL MAN.
--back cover

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Bantam Books
Language
English
Pages
201

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Subjects
adaptations, fiction, vikings, historical fiction, fantasy fiction, Northmen, Beowulf Adaptations, Beowolf, Dragons, English epic poetry adaptations, Heroes, Monsters, Beowulf, Fiction, horror, Epic poetry, English (Old), Middle Ages, Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, suspense, Large type books, Fiction, science fiction, general, American literature, Fiction, Vikings
People
Ahmad Ibn Fadlan, Al-Muqtadir
Places
Scandinavia, Bagdad, Volga Bulgars, Northland
Times
10th century, 922, Middle Ages

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Canibais
1999-10, Publicações Europa-América
Paperback in Portuguese - 3.a edicäo; Movie tie-in
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Le treizième guerrier
1999, Robert Laffont
Paperback in French - Movie Tie-In Edition
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Eaters of the Dead: the manuscript of Ibn Fadlan relating his experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922.
1999?, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st Ballantine Books ed. (41); Movie tie-in
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The 13th Warrior: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922, Part 922
1999?, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Movie Tie-In Edition; 1st Ballantine Books edition (49)
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The 13th Warrior - The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan, Relating To His Experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922
1997, Arrow Books
paperback
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Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan, Relating His Experiences With the Northmen in A.D. 922
1993-05, Ballantine Books
Trade Paperback in English - 1st Ballantine Books trade ed. (3)
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Eaters of the Dead
1977-04, Bantam Books
mass market paperback in English - Bantam Edition; Illustrated Edition
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Eaters of the Dead: The manuscript of Ibn Fadlan, relating his experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922
1977, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Illustrated Edition; Bantam edition (1)
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Cover of: De mistmonsters
De mistmonsters: het verslag van de Arabische diplomaat Ibn Fadlan over zijn huiveringwekkende ervaringen in 922 met de barbaarse Vikingen en de gruwelijke eters van dodenvleesʺ
1977, Elsevier
Paperback in Dutch
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Eaters of the dead: the manuscript of Ibn Fadlan relating his experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922
1976, Knopf
Hardcover in English - Second Printing Before Publication
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Toronto, New York, London

Edition Notes

Copyright Date
1977

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Format
mass market paperback
Pagination
201p.
Number of pages
201

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL46523467M
Internet Archive
lccn_0553047920
ISBN 10
0553047920
Goodreads
80344674

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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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The Ibn Fadlan manuscript represents the earliest known eyewitness account of Viking life and society.
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