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Winter is Coming

The Medieval World of Game of Thrones

Carolyne Larrington author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:11th Jul '19

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Discover the Medieval legends that inspired Game of Thrones - an indispensable book for fans.

The debate and discussion around Game of Thrones has covered questions of climate issues, industrialization, and questions of power, sex and gender. But in this essential companion to both George R.R. Martin's novels and the HBO show, Carolyne Larrington explores how this remarkable universe was constructed from the actual Middle Ages. The book examines 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 Casterly Rock to the Shivering Sea, this is an indispensable guide to the 21st-century's most important fantasy creation.

ISBN: 9781350134744

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 256g

272 pages