#174 in Historical fiction
Eaters of the Dead
- 221
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
- Film 1999
- On screen
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Our view
“Eaters of the Dead” dresses a Viking adventure as the travel account of a tenth-century Arab among the Northmen, and the disguise holds. Some readers find the Vikings’ dialogue corny, and some who know his work well do not count it among his best stories. Crichton keeps it brief and tight, a thriller told in the manner of an old manuscript.
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About the book
Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in AD 922 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.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen once.
- FilmThe 13th WarriorIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.1 across 177 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 54% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Historical fiction average of 8.0. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.7 | 19 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 7.0 | 158 | 89% |
Frequently asked
How long is Eaters of the Dead?
It has 221 pages — shorter than 98% of the ranked books in Historical fiction.
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