The Varangians of Byzantium
by Sigfus Blondal, translated, revised and rewritten by Benedikt Benedikz
Published in 1978.
https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Varangians_of_Byzantium.html?id=vFRug14ui7gC
"An aura of romance has clung about the Varangians for over six centuries. This book examines how the Norsemen came to be drawn into the Imperial service until the greatest of all the Emperors of the East, Basil II, formed them into the regiment of guards which was to give unique service to the Empire. It surveys the history of the regiment down to the collapse of High Byzantium in 1204 and traces the remnant of the Varangians to the very last day of the Empire in May 1453."
About Blondal from Wiki
Dr. Sigfús Blöndal (November 2, 1874 – March 19, 1950) [1] was an Icelandic language author, and a librarian at the Royal Library in Copenhagen, best known for Íslensk-dönsk orðabók (Icelandic-Danish dictionary), which he wrote with his wife, Björg Þorláksdóttir Blöndal, and a small team of scholars, whose names appear on the title page. … He did research on the Varangians of the Eastern Roman Empire for 25 years and completed shortly before his death an Icelandic text on the Varangians.
About the varangian Guard from wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangian_Guard
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vFRug14ui7gC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Google preview gives much of chapter 4 on Haraldr Hardrada and his time in Constantinople.
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