Eaters of the Dead
First published 1976
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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.
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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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Also contained in:
- [Congo / Sphere / Eaters of the Dead](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14950504W/Congo_Sphere_Eaters_of_the_Dead)
Source: Open Library
Book information
- Author
- Michael Crichton
- First published
- 1976
- Edition
- Eaters of the Dead/13th Warrior (15M/Troll Associates)
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- ISBN-13
- 9780345917270