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02532aam a2200313Ii 4500 001 3B85D72E1DA211EBB246B60B2BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201103010012 008 200105t20202020nyua e 000 1 eng d 020 $a 9781524796303 020 $a 1524796301 035 $a (OCoLC)1134853414 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCQ $d CLE $d LE# $d SILO 100 1 $a Martin, George R. R., $e author. 245 10 $a Fire & blood / $c George R.R. Martin ; illustrations by Doug Wheatley. 246 3 $a Fire and blood 250 $a Bantam Books trade paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Bantam Books, $c [2020] 300 $a 737 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 490 1 $a A song of ice and fire 500 $a "300 years before A Game of Thrones, dragons ruled Westeros"--Cover. 520 $a Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen--the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria--took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire & Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart. What really happened during the Dance of the Dragons? Why was it so deadly to visit Valyria after the Doom? What were Maegor the Cruel's worst crimes? What was it like in Westeros when dragons ruled the skies? These are but a few of the questions answered in this essential chronicle, as related by a learned maester of the Citadel and featuring more than eighty all-new black-and-white illustrations by artist Doug Wheatley--including five all-new illustrations exclusive to this edition. Readers have glimpsed small parts of this narrative in such volumes as The World of Ice & Fire, but now, for the first time, the full tapestry of Targaryen history is revealed. With all the scope and grandeur of Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Fire & Blood is the the first volume of the definitive two-part history of the Targaryens, giving readers a whole new appreciation for the dynamic, often bloody, and always fascinating history of Westeros. 700 1 $a Wheatley, Doug, $e illustrator. 800 1 $a Martin, George R. R. $t Song of ice and fire. 941 $a 3 952 $l TBPD706 $d 20240621012844.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509012730.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20201103010559.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3B85D72E1DA211EBB246B60B2BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search