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Who's Afraid of Beowulf?
Who's Afraid of Beowulf
Author: Tom Holt
Who's Afraid of Beowulf? Well, not Hrolf Earthstar, for a start. The last Norse king of Caithness, Hrolf and his twelve champions are woken from a centuries-long sleep when Hildy Fredriksenn, archaeologist of the fairer sex, finds their grave. Not only that, Hrolf decides to carry on his ancient war against the Sorcerer-King...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780441885916
ISBN-10: 0441885918
Publication Date: 9/1/1991
Pages: 224
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4 stars, based on 12 ratings
Publisher: Ace Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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I'm new to Tom Holt, but I really enjoy his writing. He has kind of a Douglas Adams like feel to his writing.

This book is a fun, relatively short story of an Archeologist who discovers a buried Viking ship and also finds the long "sleeping" vikings who set out to save the world from a powerful evil wizard.

If it sounds familier, it is, some plot parallels with "Flying Dutch" and "I thought you'd be taller".
reviewed Who's Afraid of Beowulf? on + 21 more book reviews
I enjoyed this book, but I was slightly disappointed because my expectations were set very high after reading "Faust Among Equals" first - which is even more hilarious and fun! This is a fun read too, don't get me wrong.


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