full family trees for Houses Stark, Lannister, and Targaryen.

full-color artwork and maps, with more than 170 original pieces.García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson, the founders of the renowned fan site -perhaps the only people who know this world almost as well as its visionary creator.Ĭollected here is all the accumulated knowledge, scholarly speculation, and inherited folk tales of maesters and septons, maegi and singers, including In a collaboration that’s been years in the making, Martin has teamed with Elio M. This lavishly illustrated volume is a comprehensive history of the Seven Kingdoms, providing vividly constructed accounts of the epic battles, bitter rivalries, and daring rebellions that lead to the events of A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones. At long last, it has arrived with The World of Ice & Fire. Martin’s masterwork-the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time-warrants one hell of an introduction. Perfect for fans of A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones-an epic history of Westeros and the lands beyond, featuring hundreds of pages of all-new material from George R.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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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