The Ibn Fadlan manuscript represents the earliest known eyewitness account of Viking life and society.
An edition of Eaters of the Dead
(1976)
The 13th warrior
(formerly titled Eaters of the dead) : the manuscript of Ibn Fadlan relating his experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922
1st Ballantine Books ed.
by Michael Crichton
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Now a major motion picture from Touchstone Films, starring Antonio Banderas. In the year A.D. 922, a refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Baghdad, encounters a party of Viking warriors on their journey to the barbaric North. He is appalled by Viking customs--the wanton sexuality of their pale, angular women, their disregard for cleanliness, their cold-blooded human sacrifices. But only in the depths of the Northland does he learn the horrifying truth: he has been enlisted to combat a terror that comes under cover of night to slaughter the Vikings and devour their flesh.
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10th century, 922, Middle AgesShowing 11 featured editions. View all 49 editions?
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Le treizième guerrier
1999, Robert Laffont
Paperback
in French
- Movie Tie-In Edition
2221088484 9782221088487
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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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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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Canibais
1999-10, Publicações Europa-América
Paperback
in Portuguese
- 3.a edicäo; Movie tie-in
9721046116 9789721046115
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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
0099271281 9780099271284
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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)
0345383249 9780345383242
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The 13th warrior: (formerly titled Eaters of the dead) : the manuscript of Ibn Fadlan relating his experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922
1988, Ballantine Books
in English
- 1st Ballantine Books ed.
0345354613 9780345354617
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Eaters of the Dead
1977-04, Bantam Books
mass market paperback
in English
- Bantam Edition; Illustrated Edition
0553047920
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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
9010018059 9789010018052
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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)
0553102370 9780553102376
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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
0394494008 9780394494005
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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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