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.
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