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Also published under the title: "The 13th Warrior"
The year is A.D. 922. A refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Bagdad, encounters a party of Viking warriors who are journeying to the barbaric North. He is appalled by their Viking customs -- the wanton sexuality...
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In 10th century A.D. the Caliph of Baghdad sends his ambassador Ahmad ibn Fadlan to the king of the Volga Bulgars. On his journey he gets captured by a group of Vikings. This group is sent on a hero's quest to the Northland. Ahmad ibn Fadlan is taken as the thirteenth member of their group to... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Ibn Fadlan: Our narrator, banished from Baghdad to be an ambassador to the Bulgurs, but who somehow wound up on a mission with the Northmen instead
- Buliwyf: The leader of the Viking group Ibn Fadlan travels with
- Herger: One of the Northmen; Ibn Fadlan's long-suffering translator
- Rothgar: King of the land of Venden
- Ragnar: Enemy warrior
- Abu Kassim: Add a description of this character.
- The Angel of Death: The oldest woman in every tribe of Northmen who acts as a shamanistic soothsayer
First Sentence edit
Praise be to God, the Merciful, the Compassionate, the Lord of the Two Worlds, and blessing and peace upon the Prince of Prophets, our Lord and Master Muhammad, whom God bless and preserve with abiding and continuing peace and blessings until the Day of the Faith!
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
The Departure From the City of Peace
The Ways of the Oguz Turks
First Contact With the Northmen
The Aftermath of the Northmen's Funeral
The Journey to the Far Country
The Encampment at Trelburg
The Kingdom of Rothgar in the Land of Venden
The Events That Followed the First Battle
The Attack of the Glowworm Dragon Korgon
The Desert of Dread
The Counsel of the Dwarf
The Events of the Night Before the Attack
The Thunder Caves
The Death Throes of the Wendol
The Return From the North Country
Appendix: The Myth Monsters
Sources
A Factual Note on Eaters of the Dead
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Michael Crichton (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Lucrecia Moreno de Sáez (Translator) - Traducción al español junto con María José Sobejano
- María José Sobejano (Translator) - Traducción al español junto con Lucrecia Moreno de Sáez
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Publication Date: 1976
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Page Count: 193
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- Library of Congress: PS3553.R48
- Dewey: 813.54
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- The 13th Warrior (IMDb): 1999.
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