Quicksilver, a quarter the size of Balerion, was no match for the older, fiercer dragon, and her pale white fireballs were engulfed and washed away in great gouts of black flame.

The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. I can say with confidence that Martin, at least on my first-time reading, isn't included in my "top 10 favorite authors of all time list" yet. There are always two sides to every issue, but I can definitely understand how his fans might be annoyed and betrayed when, after waiting years for WINDS OF WINTER, Martin comes out with a 600-plus page tome that's mostly irrelevant to the main story, even though it's set in the same world. A note on the length: Portions of Fire and Blood have been published elsewhere, though nowhere else that I have been. Worse, some, grandsons and other relatives are often given exactly the same name as an ancestor, in their honour.Básicamente, esto es lo que sería un libro de historia si un historiador resulta es un escritor soberbio.

Think, for example, of the arc traveled (so far) by Jaime Lannister, from pariah and sister lover to something resembling an honorable knight. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Those are the people whom our beloved characters aspire to be, to whom they look up to, even 300 years later. The parts that truly focused on the Targaryens were great, but irrelevancy aside, my problem with this book is that the history tends to focus its narrative for a long period of time on other non-Targaryen characters; which frankly speaking by tomorrow I’ll forget already because I simply don’t give a damn about them. Now then the question you're probably asking would be: "If I've read The World of Ice and Fire, is it still necessary to read this book?

It's so mediocre that the author has resorted to simply taking historical rumours, like the one about Catherine the Great having relations with a horse, and giving it to a ruler in this book with no attempt at dissimulation or making it fresh and new. It is an incredibly rich and detailed account of the lore of the world, the wars that were fought and the kings that ascended the throne, whether they were worthy of it, cruel or mad. I won’t deny Martin’s importance as a role model for modern fantasy, it would be idiotic for me to deny that; a myriad of incredible epic fantasy books appeared because of his influences.

I found myself becoming deeply emotionally invested in the Targaryens, thrilling when they achieved great victories and lamenting when they succumbed to their more idiotic desires. However, I can see why so many fantasy novels are set in something that approximates to the European Middle Ages. Communication was excellent I had some questions because I was unable to track the package until it hit US soil.Fire and Blood explored the history of the Targaryen Kings from the time of Aegon I’s conquest up to the ascension of Aegon III. Despite its length, it's an incredibly easy and quick read that will keep you on the edge of your seat (or have you literally quaking in it).

Martin fills us in on their history from when the WINTERY Aegon the Conqueror first took charge of WINDY Westeros with his two sisters. The book is in fine condition (black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine) with no significant wear.

The most significant additional contents here were the intricate expansion of Jaehaerys’s story and The Dance of the Dragons. And lest you be suckered in by the promise of ILLUSTRATIONS on the cover, those aren't that impressive either. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Los dragones reinaban en Poniente la historia de tan fascinante familia, empezando por Aegon I Targaryen, creador del emblemático Trono de Hierro, y seguido por el resto de las generaciones de Targaryen que lucharon por conservar el poder y el trono, hasta la llegada de la guerra civil que estuvo a punto de acabar con ellos. Then the Black Dread fell upon her from above, his jaws closing round her neck as he ripped one wing from her body.