Introduction -- The centre -- The North -- The West -- Across the Narrow Sea -- The East -- Epilogue.
Summary:
Game of Thrones was a phenomenon. But how much of the medieval world in George R R Martin's fantasy novels and the HBO series is based on fact? Larrington examines how Martin constructed his remarkable universe out of the Middle Ages. Discussing novels and TV series alike, she explores sigils, giants, dragons and direwolves in medieval texts; ravens, old gods and the Weirwood in Norse myth; and a gothic, exotic orient in the eastern continent, Essos. From the White Walkers to the Red Woman, from Casterley Rock to the Shivering Sea, this is an indispensable guide to the fantasy creation.
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