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You Win or You Die: The Ancient World of Game of Thrones
Contributor(s): Lushkov, Ayelet Haimson (Author)
ISBN: 1784536997     ISBN-13: 9781784536992
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
OUR PRICE:   $23.36  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: July 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Social Science | Popular Culture
Dewey: 813.54
LCCN: 2018296639
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.40 lbs) 256 pages
 
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If the Middle Ages form the present-day backdrop to the continents of Westeros and Essos, then antiquity is their resonant past. The Known World is haunted by the remnants of distant and powerful civilizations, without whose presence the novels of George R. R. Martin and the ever popular HBO show would lose much of their meaning and appeal. In this essential sequel to Carolyne Larrington's Winter is Coming: The Medieval World of Game of Thrones, Ayelet Haimson Lushkov explores the echoes, from the Summer Islands to Storm's End, of a rich antique history. She discusses, for example, the convergence of ancient Rome and the reach, scope, and might of the Valyrian Freehold. She shows how the wanderings of Tyrion Lannister replay the journeys of Odysseus and Aeneas. She suggests that the War of the Five Kings resembles the War of the Four Emperors (68-69 AD). She also demonstrates just how the Wall and the Wildlings advancing on it connect with Hadrian's bulwark against fierce tribes of Picts. This book reveals the remarkable extent to which the entire Game of Thrones universe is animated by its ancient past.