Fire and Blood: A History of the Targaryen Kings from Aegon the Conqueror to Aegon III.
Illustrated by Doug Wheatley.
The thrilling history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work by the author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO’s Game of Thrones.
With all the fire and fury fans have come to expect from internationally bestselling author George R. R. Martin, this is the first volume of the definitive two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros.
Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen — the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria — took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire and Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart.
What really happened during the Dance of the Dragons? Why was it so deadly to visit Valyria after the Doom? What were Maegor the Cruel’s worst crimes? What was it like in Westeros when dragons ruled the skies? These are but a few of the questions answered in this essential chronicle, as related by a learned maester of the Citadel and featuring more than eighty all-new black-and-white illustrations by artist Doug Wheatley. Readers have glimpsed small parts of this narrative in such volumes as The World of Ice & Fire, but now, for the first time, the full tapestry of Targaryen history is revealed.
With all the scope and grandeur of Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Fire and Blood is the ultimate game of thrones, giving readers a whole new appreciation for the dynamic, often bloody, and always fascinating history of Westeros.
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In the chronicles of Westeros, no house casts a shadow as long or as perilous as the Targaryens. A Targaryen History pulls back the veil on the dragonlords who crossed the sea from Valyria, carving a dynasty out of fire and ambition. These accounts unfold not as simple records but as living, breathing histories, filled with victories that reshaped kingdoms, betrayals that split bloodlines, and the uneasy balance between destiny and madness that defined the dragon kings.
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Through richly layered storytelling, this series traces the Targaryen legacy from Aegon the Conqueror’s unification of the Seven Kingdoms to the generations who inherited his iron will and, at times, his ruinous flaws. It lingers on the grandeur of their courts and the horrors of their wars, capturing the volatile mix of power, prophecy, and paranoia that made House Targaryen both revered and feared.
For readers drawn to the deeper currents beneath the politics of thrones, this series offers more than a history of rulers. It is a portrait of a family bound by dragons and undone by their own fire, illuminating how legends are made and how they burn.
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