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Who's Afraid of Beowulf? [Kindle Edition]

Tom Holt (Author)
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The last Norse king of Caithness, Hrolf Earthstar and his 12 champions are woken from a centuries-long sleep when an archaeologist finds their grave. He decides to carry on his ancient war against the Sourcerer-King, and must face such perils as BBC film crews and the Bakerloo line along the way.

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Tom Holt's first book was published when he was just thirteen and, to his horror, he was hailed as an infant prodigy. While studying at Oxford however he discovered Bar Billiards and turned from poetry to comic fiction.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 427 KB
  • Print Length: 216 pages
  • Publisher: Hachette Digital (5 Nov 2009)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B002TXZRY0
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #22,368 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Vintage Holt 31 May 2002
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Format:Paperback
More along the straightforward lines of Flying Dutch than his weirder offerings, this is classic comic fantasy in which it transpires that London is the modern successor to Geirrodsgarth, lair of the Sorcerer King, and in which awakened Vikings must cope with the modern world. Even funnier if you know the sagas - I laughed at Starkad Storvirksson being so sweet and dopy and just-a-big-lamb, knowing what a vicious brute he is in, say, Heidrek's Saga or Saxo's history; but Norse scholarship is not required....
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If you enjoy books by authors such as Terry Pratchet and Robert Rankin then this is for you. Laugh all the way through as olde worlde characters battle with the complexities of the modern world.They come face to face with deadly perils such as the terrifying BBC (du du dah!). Feel sorry for the cast as they try to make their way through the mystic maze of the Bakerloo line (shudder).And Oh, I forgot to mention, and they're also trying to save the world from the evil mastermind, theSourcer-King.
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By L O'connor TOP 1000 REVIEWER
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Hildy Frericksen is a young American archaeologist with a passion for Vikings. While working on a dig in Caithness, she uncovers a Viking longboat burial and is very surprised when the passengers turn out to be not dead but merely sleeping. When they awake, the leader turns out to be Hrolf, last King of Caithness, reawakened to fight the evil sorcerer-king who wants to rule the world. Hildy has to help the Vikings in their quest to hunt down the sorcerer-king and defeat him, helping them to cope with the modern world along the way. There are many amusing characters among the Vikings, especially Starkad the Berserker (strong but stupid) and Brynjolf the Shape-Changer. The Vikings have to cope with a number of modern complications in their quest, from the SAS to the London Underground, but they take everything in their stride. There are also two cthonic spirits, Prexz and Zxerp, who are addicted to playing Goblin's Teeth, live off electricity and play havoc with the National Grid. This is a very funny fantasy, by the end of the story you will be as enchanted with the Vikings as Hildy was.In my opinion, Tom Holt's best book by far.
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