by Michael Crichton · Robert Laffont · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782221088487
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«Le treizième guerrier» is Michael Crichton's historical fantasy novel, published in 1999 by Robert Laffont in paperback (216 pages, in French).
In the year 921, Ibn Fadlan, ambassador of the caliph of Baghdad, is captured by Vikings. A Nordic tribe lives in terror of creatures that attack on foggy nights, and only thirteen warriors, with a foreigner, can face them. Michael Crichton draws on Ibn Fadlan's manuscript and the Beowulf saga to fuse reality and fiction.
Originally published as «Eaters of the Dead» in 1976, this French edition includes the translation by Lisa Rosenbaum.
For readers of historical fiction and fantasy, particularly those familiar with the Beowulf legend or the movie adaptation of the novel.
John Michael Crichton was an American author, screenwriter and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature technology and are usually within the science fiction, techno-thriller, and medical fiction genres. Crichton's novels often explore human technological advancement and attempted dominance over nature, both with frequently catastrophic results; many of his works are cautionary tales, especially regarding themes of biotechnology. Several of his stories center on themes of genetic modification, hybridization, paleontology and/or zoology. Many feature medical or scientific underpinnings, reflective of his own medical background.
