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9%OFFAyelet Haimson Lushkov - You Win or You Die: The Ancient World of Game of Thrones - 9781784536992 - V9781784536992
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You Win or You Die: The Ancient World of Game of Thrones

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Description for You Win or You Die: The Ancient World of Game of Thrones Paperback. BIC Classification: DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. .
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784536992
SKU
V9781784536992
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About Ayelet Haimson Lushkov
Ayelet Haimson Lushkov is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin. She has wide interests in Roman history, literature, and reception. Her previous books are Magistracy and the Historiography in the Roman Republic (2015) and Reception and the Classics: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Classical Tradition (co-edited with W Brockliss, P Chaudhuri and K Wasdin, ... Read more

Reviews for You Win or You Die: The Ancient World of Game of Thrones
You Win or You Die reveals the remarkable extent to which the entire Game of Thrones universe is animated by its ancient past and is a 'must read' for the legions of Game of Thrones fans.
Andy Jordan, The Midwest Book Review, August 2017

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