|
Michael Crichton - Eaters Of The Dead - Unabridged Audiobook
|
| Added by: winnie | Karma: 83.75 | Audiobooks | 15 September 2007 |
|
29
|
|
|
 |
|
|
| |
Michael Crichton - Eaters Of The Dead Unabridged Audiobook
Whilst on a mission up the Volga, a representative of the ruler of Baghdad meets a Viking chieftain who has been summoned back to Scandinavia by his besieged relatives. The two men journey together northwards to engage in mortal combat with the dark, hairy brutes who threaten to empty the land. |
|
|
|
|
| Tags: Unabridged, Eaters, Audiobook, Crichton, engage |
|
50
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
 Eaters of the Dead
Eaters of the Dead takes elements of the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf
and the Arab Ibn Fadlan's account of his journeys among the Rus, and
works them into a thriller. The historical detail is handled reasonably
well, the story is fast-paced and gripping, and the contrast between the
Arab/Islamic and Viking cultures is effectively exploited. The result may
not be a great novel, but it's an entertaining one and should appeal to
those interested in the period. Neanderthal survival into the modern era
is a bit of a stretch, but no more so than the science in
Jurassic Park.
The movie based on
Eaters of the Dead is called
The 13th Warrior.
|
|
|
|
|
| Tags: Eaters, appeal, tothose, period, should |
