David C Weinczok
History Behind Game of Thrones: The North Remembers
History Behind Game of Thrones: The North Remembers
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"Beyond the Wall" explores the driving forces and defining moments from Scotland's story using George R. R. Martin's fictional universe as a way to understand the history of castles, kings, and dragons.
Format: Hardback
Length: 280 pages
Publication date: 13 May 2019
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
A wall in the distant north divides the world in two, and ruthless seaborne warriors raid the coasts from their war galleys, yearning to regain lost glories. A young nobleman and his kin are slaughtered under a banner of truce within a mighty castle. A warrior king becomes a legend when he smites his foe with one swing of his axe during a nation-forging battle. Yet, this is not Westeros; it is Scotland.
Game of Thrones is history re-imagined as fantasy, and "Beyond the Wall" turns the tables, using George R. R. Martin's extraordinary fictional universe as a way to understand the driving forces and defining moments from Scotland's story.
Why were castles so important? Was there a limit to the powers a medieval king could use - or abuse? What was the reality of being under siege? Was there really anything that can compare to the destructive force of dragons? By joining forces, Westeros and Scotland hold the answers.
Writer and presenter David C. Weinczok draws on a vast array of characters, events, places, and themes from Scottish history that echo "Game of Thrones" at every dramatic turn. Visit the castle where the real Red Wedding transpired, encounter the fearsome historical tribes beyond Rome's great wall, learn how a blood-red heart became the most feared sigil in Scotland, and much more.
By journey's end, the cogs in the wheels of Martin's world and Scottish history will be laid bare, as well as the stories of those who tried to shape - and sometimes even break - them.
Weight: 576g
Dimension: 236 x 163 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526749000
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