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The history behind game of thrones : the North remembers / David C. Weinczok.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weinczok, David C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Game of thrones (Television program).
- History on television.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Yorkshire ; Philadelphia : Pen & Sword History, an imprint Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2019.
- Summary:
- The true history behind the hit HBO fantasy show and George R.R.Martin's bestselling Fire and Ice series. A wall in the distant north cuts the world in two.Ruthless sea-born warriors raid the coasts from their war galleys.A young nobleman and his kin are slaughtered under a banner of truce within a mighty castle.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Dedication
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART ONE: THE LAND ITSELF
- Chapter 1 Nature's Crucible: Stirling, The Neck &
- the Twins
- The Land Protects Its Own
- Stirling &
- Moat Cailin: The Keys To The Kingdom
- A Bridge To Cross At Any Cost
- Chapter 2 Rocks of the Ages: Dumbarton &
- Casterly
- The Lion's Den: Casterly Rock
- The Rock of the Britons
- Children of the Rock
- Chapter 3 The Isles
- A World Apart?
- In Amongst The Machair
- The Iron Islands
- A Network of Stone &
- Ships
- The Light At The End Of The World
- Chapter 4 North versus South?
- PART TWO: STORIES OF THE STONES
- Chapter 5 No Ruined Stones
- Standing Stones
- Barrows &
- Cairns
- Cup &
- Ring Marks
- Crannogs
- Chapter 6 The Walls at the Edge of the World
- The Roman Walls
- The Land Between the Walls
- Chapter 7 Castles: Towers of Power
- The Makings Of A Castle
- Castle Types In Scotland &
- Westeros
- Scaling up the Walls
- The Complicated Lives Of Castles
- Winterfell: King of Castles
- Craigmillar Castle: Winterfell In Miniature
- PART THREE: PLAYERS OF THE GAME
- Chapter 8 The Sea Kings: Islesmen &
- Ironborn
- Vikings &
- the Old Way
- What is Dead May Never Die
- Ambitions of Empire
- The Sinking of the Lordship
- Warrior Bards
- Heart Of The Isles: Finlaggan &
- Old Wyk
- Chapter 9 Barbarians at the Gates? Caledonians &
- Wildlings
- The Free Folk at War
- Battle for the True North: Mons Graupius &
- Castle Black
- Chapter 10 The King Who Knelt
- Chapter 11 The Lion and His Claws: Edward I &
- Tywin Lannister
- All a King Should Be?
- Bastards in Their Fathers' Eyes
- A Legacy of Woe
- Chapter 12 The Banner with the Bloody Heart
- Chapter 13 A Tale of Two Roberts: Bruce &
- Baratheon
- The Warrior Kings
- Definitive Duels.
- Rule, Reconciliation and Repentance
- PART FOUR: THE WHEELS OF WAR
- Chapter 14 Under Siege
- How to Crack a Castle
- Anatomy of a Donjon
- A Siege Worthy of a Song
- Chapter 15 Raiders in the Riverlands
- Life Outside the King's Laws
- Ride of the Reivers
- The Price of Peace
- Chapter 16 A Steamroller of Spears: Schiltrons &
- Battle Of The Bastards
- The Schiltron's Finest Hour
- Caught in the Crush
- Chapter 17 Firepower: Guns &
- Dragons
- The Black Dread
- Backfire
- How Dragons &
- Cannons Changed the Rules
- PART FIVE: THE LAWS OF GODS &
- MEN
- Chapter 18 Gods &
- Monsters
- When Giants Walked the Land
- The Queen of Winter
- Faces of the Old Gods
- Chapter 19 The Last of the Free
- Putting the 'Free' in Free Folk
- Right to Rule?
- No Man's Lands
- Chapter 20 A Red Wedding and A Black Dinner
- Northern Hospitality
- The Black Dinner
- A Second Helping
- In Cold Blood: The Massacre of Glencoe
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Plate section.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5267-4903-3
- 1-5267-4901-7
- OCLC:
- 1102472872
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