Mangiatori di morte

I have to confess, the first time I read this book I thought it was a real manuscript, and that Crichton was just putting it for us in book form...until I got to the epilogue. That was when I understand that Crichton is an amazing story teller. Digging around, I found out that Crichton did the book o Leggi tutto

I read this back in the mid to late 90s as one of the first books of Michael Crichton's. I read it before the movie came out. I remember ripping through this story, it was great. I hadn't read anything about vikings and this was unusual. The movie is well done and worth watching. Michael Crichton is Leggi tutto

Arabian Nights meets « Vikings » : how did I put off reading this book for so long when I loved “The 13th Warrior” and when I have a huge weakness for Vikings? I don’t know. Maybe I have way too many unread books piling up everywhere in my apartment, so some titles slip through the cracks. But my hu Leggi tutto

I enjoyed reading this adventure-action story. This is my first Michael Crichton novel and I thought it was pretty good. It is a historical fiction about an Arab emissary on his way to aid the king of the Volga Bulgars. But his journey gets sidetracked when he encounters the Vikings. He is marked th Leggi tutto

"Los animales mueren, los amigos mueren, y yo moriré, pero una cosa nunca muere, y es la reputación que dejamos detrás al morir" "El nombre wendol o Windon es muy antiguo, tan antiguo como cualquiera de los pueblos de las regiones del Norte, y quiere decir «la niebla negra». Para los nórdicos signifi Leggi tutto

Много хубава и интересна книга! В нея увлекателно са разказани приключенията на арабин от 10-ти век, който е изпратен от халифа си с мисия при волжките българи, обаче е заловен от доста сурови и опасни викинги. Той е принуден да пътешества с тях, а впоследствие като чужденец е определен за 13-ти вои Leggi tutto