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Referenced as a brilliant book by 'the great kind of expert on kind of Norse and Anglo-Saxon literature' discussing how Harold Hardrada in the sagas is always making quips and composing poems in the face of danger, which is described as very much a Viking sensibility.

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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.

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Referenced as historian Kat Jarman's book about 'following beads' (amber) that contains information about customs arrangements and regulations for Norse travellers arriving in Constantinople.

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Referenced when describing the Varangian Guard. The book describes these warriors as 'strong, silent types dripping with gold, swayed in expensive fabrics and weighed down by top of the range weaponry' and compares them to the rangers of the North in The Lord of the Rings.