An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
Episodes Referencing This Book
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.
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.'
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.'