RE: Fwd: medieval source for a new movie?

["Erik Dutton" <edutton@carolina.rr.com>]

Poster: "Erik Dutton" <edutton@carolina.rr.com>

Actually, ibn Fadlan did exist - he was a diplomat, and visited the
so-called "Rus" - the Vikings. Crichton's book is a fairly loose adaptation
of a period text, and I expect the movie will be a fairly loose adaptation
of *that*... but there is actual history somewhere behind all of it.

Rhodri ap Hywel

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-atlantia@csc.ncsu.edu [mailto:owner-atlantia@csc.ncsu.edu]On
> Behalf Of Shannon Keys
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 2:40 PM
> To: Simone89@aol.com; The Merry Rose
> Subject: Re: Fwd: medieval source for a new movie?
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> Poster: Shannon Keys <skeys@millenicom.com>
>
> Reading carefully, you will find that "Eaters of the Dead" is a
> psudeo-scientific attempt to explain the epic of Beowulf.  I
> doubt that the actual manuscript exists.
>
> Medb MAc Domhanill
> (Who will probably go to the movie to see Antonio Banderes)
>
> Simone89@aol.com wrote:
>
> > I thought this might be of some interest to the Merry Rose
> > Simone
> >
> >
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> > Subject: medieval source for a new movie?
> > Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 11:09:20 -0500
> > From: "editor, h-mideast medieval" <langkh@uwec.edu>
> > Reply-To: H-NET List on Islamic Lands of the Medieval Period
> >      <H-MIDEAST-MEDIEVAL@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
> > To: H-MIDEAST-MEDIEVAL@H-NET.MSU.EDU
> >
> >   I hope that my question for you all falls within the paramters of this
> > list. For those of you who are not aware, there is a new movie
> coming out
> > in August called "The Thirteenth Warrior", and it's based on the Michael
> > Chrichton book "Eaters of the Dead." I have been told that the book is
> > based on an actual manuscript that details the travels of an
> Arab diplomat
> > to the Franks sometime in the 10th century. I'm wondering if any of you
> > know of this manuscript, and where it might be possible to find
> a copy of
> > it-if not a translation. Thanks in advance for any help.
> >
> >  Alexander Wolfe
> > The University of Texas at Arlington
> > adw2552@UTARLG.UTA.EDU
>
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