Fire & Blood: 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones (The

Fire & Blood: 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones (The Targaryen Dynasty: The House of the Dragon)

#1Â NEW YORK TIMESÂ BESTSELLERÂ â€¢Â The history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work, the inspiration for HBOâ€™s upcomingÂ Game of ThronesÂ prequel seriesÂ House of the Dragon

â€œThe thrill ofÂ Fire & BloodÂ is the thrill of all Martinâ€™s fantasy work: familiar myths debunked, the whole trope table flipped.â€â€”Entertainment Weekly

Centuries before the events ofÂ A Game of Thrones,Â House Targaryenâ€”the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyriaâ€”took up residence on Dragonstone.Â Fire & BloodÂ 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 Cruelâ€™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.Â Readers have glimpsed small parts of this narrative in such volumes asÂ The World of Ice & Fire,Â but now, for the first time, the full tapestry of Targaryen history is revealed.

With all the scope and grandeur of Gibbonâ€™sÂ The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,Â Fire & BloodÂ is theÂ 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.

Praise for Fire & Blood

â€œA masterpiece of popular historical fiction.â€Â â€”The Sunday Times

â€œThe saga is a rich and dark one, full of both the titleâ€™s promised elements. . . . Itâ€™s hard not to thrill to the descriptions of dragons engaging in airborne combat, or the dilemma of whether defeated rulers should â€˜bend the knee,â€™ â€˜take the blackâ€™ and join theÂ Nightâ€™s Watch, or simply meet an inventive and horrible end.â€â€”The Guardian
Country USA
Manufacturer Bantam
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2018-11-20
Format Kindle eBook
EANs 9781524796297

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Bantam
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2018-11-20
Format	Kindle eBook
EANs	9781524796297

Fire & Blood: 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones (The Targaryen Dynasty: The House of the Dragon)

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