Eaters_Of_The_Dead

Eaters Of The Dead “Eaters of the Dead'by Michael Crichton is a fiction but with historical background. Through this piece Crichton hopes to express the way of life for the Vikings in the year 922 AD while at the same time creating an entertaining story. Using a manuscript written by Ibn-Fadlan Crichton pieced together a book filled with adventure and excitement. Michael Crichton was born in Chicago, 1942 and always knew he had a talent for writing. He attended Brown University and has since published many books such as “Jurassic Park' “The Rising Sun' “Disclosure' and many more. Several of his books have been made into movies, for example, “Jurassic Park' “The Lost World' “Sphere' “Congo' and “Eaters of the Dead'is coming to theatres this summer starring Antonio Banderas. Michael Crichton is also the writer of the hit TV show “ER' Ibn-Fadlan is a refined Arab courtier representing the powerful Caliph of Baghdad and the whole story line is based on his travels. He is a Muslim and is sent to the Bulgar land to instruct the king in the Islamic religion, acquaint the king with Islamic laws, and build a Mosque in the city. Little does Ibn-Fadlan know where his travels will lead wendol, northmen, ibn, buliwyf, ibn-fadlan, after, wendols, way, times, new, mother, life, warriors, time, one, off, leader, land, crichton, written, words, while, northmens, knew, good, extremely, death, cliff, book, being, whole, very, story, several, sent, michael