Iron, Fire and Ice Iron, Fire and Ice

Iron, Fire and Ice

The Real History that Inspired Game of Thrones

    • 14,99 $
    • 14,99 $

Description de l’éditeur

Have you read everything George R.R. Martin has every written? Do you know what in Game of Thrones is based in real history?

A young pretender raises an army to take the throne. Learning of his father’s death, the adolescent, dashing and charismatic and descended from the old kings of the North, vows to avenge him. He is supported in this war by his mother, who has spirited away her two younger sons to safety. Against them is the queen, passionate, proud, and strong-willed and with more of the masculine virtues of the time than most men. She too is battling for the inheritance of her young son, not yet fully grown but already a sadist who takes delight in watching executions.

Sound familiar? It may read like the plot of Game of Thrones. Yet that was also the story of the bloodiest battle in British history, fought at the culmination of the War of the Roses. George RR Martin’s bestselling novels are rife with allusions, inspirations, and flat-out copies of real-life people, events, and places of medieval and Tudor England and Europe. The Red Wedding? Based on actual events in Scottish history. The poisoning of Joffrey Baratheon? Eerily similar to the death of William the Conqueror’s grandson. The Dothraki? Also known as Huns, Magyars, Turks, and Mongols.

Join Ed West, as he explores all of Martin’s influences, from religion to war to powerful women. Discover the real history behind the phenomenon and see for yourself that truth is stranger than fiction.

GENRE
Histoire
SORTIE
2019
9 avril
LANGUE
EN
Anglais
LONGUEUR
336
Pages
ÉDITEUR
Skyhorse
VENDEUR
Simon & Schuster Canada
TAILLE
2
 Mo

Plus de livres de ce type

England in the Age of Chivalry . . . And Awful Diseases England in the Age of Chivalry . . . And Awful Diseases
2018
The Third Horseman The Third Horseman
2014
History of the Anglo-Saxons - From the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest History of the Anglo-Saxons - From the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest
2014
The Anglo-Saxons The Anglo-Saxons
2021
A Distant Mirror A Distant Mirror
1979
Foundation Foundation
2012

Plus de livres par Ed West

Saxons vs. Vikings Saxons vs. Vikings
2017
England in the Age of Chivalry . . . And Awful Diseases England in the Age of Chivalry . . . And Awful Diseases
2018
1215 and All That 1215 and All That
2017
My Kingdom for a Horse My Kingdom for a Horse
2018
1066 and Before All That 1066 and Before All That
2017
Small Men on the Wrong Side of History Small Men on the Wrong Side of History
2020

D’autres ont aussi acheté

Edward III: The Perfect King Edward III: The Perfect King
2014
Henry IV: The Righteous King Henry IV: The Righteous King
2014
History's Great Showdowns History's Great Showdowns
2016
Das Reich Das Reich
2013
The War of the Three Gods The War of the Three Gods
2014
Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen
2018