A Song of Ice and Fire
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A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author George R. R. Martin. Martin began writing the first volume, A Game of Thrones, in 1991, and published it in 1996. Marti
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George R. R. Martin at Archipelacon in Mariehamn, Åland, Finland, 2015
Although involving dragons and sorcery, A Song of Ice and Fire series de-emphasizes magic as compared to many other epic fantasy works (emblem of J. Allen St. John's 1905 fantasy work The Face in the Pool).
A Game of Thrones
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A Game of Thrones is an epic fantasy novel by American author George R. R. Martin. It was published in August 1996 as the first entry in his series A Song of Ice and Fire. It was Martin's fourth novel
A Song of Ice and Fire
…A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author George R. R. Martin. Martin began writing the first volume, A Game of Thrones, in 1991, and published it in 1996. Martin, who originally envisioned the series as a trilogy, has released five out of seven planned volumes. The most…
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Martin at a book signing in Ljubljana, Slovenia (2011)
Medieval illumination of the wedding between Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France. They were betrothed when she was nine and he was fifteen as part of a political alliance. Her life formed part of the historical background for the novel's inspiration.
King Edward IV