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Who's Afraid of Beowulf? (Paperback)

by Tom Holt (Author)
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  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Futura; paperback / softback edition (1 Jan 1989)
  • ISBN-10: 0708842585
  • ISBN-13: 978-0708842584
  • ASIN: B000O50ZE2
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Anglo-Saxon was never like this..., 24 Jan 2008
By Iain S. Palin (Northern Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Who's Afraid of Beowulf? (Paperback)
Tom Holt's humorous fantasies tend to have the same basic framework, involving a feisty present-day female who somehow gets involved with historical or mythical characters come to life and pursuing their quest through the modern world (usually in Britain). Sometimes it works better than others. Here it works very well.
Enjoy, then, this tale of archaeologist Hildy who, excavating a Viking tomb in bleak and windswept Caithness (Scotland's northernmost county which really was, at one point, in military and cultural terms more a southern outpost of Scandinavia than a northern one of Britain) only to revive a team or warriors who were in suspended animation and promptly resume their mission, dragging her along with them. The Anglo-Saxon hero of the title doesn't feature, but an entertaining cast of characters does and Holt is on top form with his deft and humorous handling of plot and situations.
If you're new to Tom Holt this would be a good place to start.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Holt, 31 May 2002
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This review is from: Who's Afraid of Beowulf? (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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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth a giant lump of cheese (and a whole lot more!), 26 Nov 2000
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This review is from: Who's Afraid of Beowulf? (Paperback)
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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5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious story of Vikings and Goblin's Teeth
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... Read more
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