An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

Neil Price

3 books referenced

Books by Neil Price

The Viking Way

Referenced in 3 episodes

552. The Last Viking: The Saga of Harald Hardrada (Part 1)

March 30, 2025

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Described as Neil Price's 'great book' about Viking sorcery. Referenced when discussing Thorir the Hound and the thesis that much of Viking culture is influenced by shamanistic traditions from the far north.

358: Viking Sorcery

August 09, 2023

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Tom describes this as 'the book that Neil wrote that really had an impact on me' and mentions it 'had kind of legendary status among anyone who was interested in the period, because it was almost impossible to get hold of.' He summarizes it as being 'about how unbelievably weird the Vikings were.'

59. The World Cup of Gods - Part 2

June 01, 2021

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Described as 'a fabulous book' and 'really, really brilliant' about Norse shamanism and Odin. The speaker mentions reading it as a PDF before publication and describes it as 'like a Samizdat work that people were handing around.'

Children of Ash and Elm

Referenced in 2 episodes

358: Viking Sorcery

August 09, 2023

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Tom mentions this as 'an excellent book' by Neil Price that 'was nominated by a leading historian who writes for the Sunday Times... as the history book of the year.' It's about the Vikings.

59. The World Cup of Gods - Part 2

June 01, 2021

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Mentioned as the successor book to The Viking Way during the discussion of Odin and Norse mythology.

The Children of Ash and Elm

Referenced in 1 episode

148. The Vikings Go East

February 07, 2022

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Referenced when discussing the Wild East frontier towns, with Neil Price describing the atmosphere as being like Deadwood - saloons and rough trading posts along the Viking eastern routes.