Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Summary
Michael Crichton

Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Summary

In Eaters of the Dead, Michael Crichton weaves a retelling of the Beowulf epic with a marginally factual ancient manuscript about an Arab who travelled North. Ibn Fadlan and his manuscript are purported to be true but their influence on Crichton's book is minimal. Once the Ibn Fadlan Manuscript has been exhausted, Crichton carries on the tale in the same tone and style of Ibn Fadlan. The effect is both interesting...

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