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Fire and Blood: 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones (A Targaryen History) (A Song of Ice and Fire) (The Targaryen Dynasty: The House of the Dragon) Gebundene Ausgabe – 20. November 2018
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“The thrill of Fire & Blood is the thrill of all Martin’s fantasy work: familiar myths debunked, the whole trope table flipped.”—Entertainment Weekly
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 & 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 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 & Blood is the first volume of the definitive two-part history of the Targaryens, giving readers a whole new appreciation for the dynamic, often bloody, and always fascinating history of Westeros.
Praise for Fire & Blood
“A masterpiece of popular historical fiction.” —The Sunday Times
“The saga is a rich and dark one, full of both the title’s promised elements. . . . It’s hard not to thrill to the descriptions of dragons engaging in airborne combat, or the dilemma of whether defeated rulers should ‘bend the knee,’ ‘take the black’ and join the Night’s Watch, or simply meet an inventive and horrible end.”—The Guardian
- Seitenzahl der Print-Ausgabe736 Seiten
- SpracheEnglisch
- HerausgeberBantam
- Erscheinungstermin20. November 2018
- Abmessungen16.18 x 4.7 x 23.93 cm
- ISBN-10152479628X
- ISBN-13978-1524796280
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“A brilliant book . . . vivid, memorable and personal.”—The Times
“Lean and efficient and slyly seductive and instructive . . . The text is filled with such a wealth of incident and so many colorful characters.”—Locus
“The overall narrative of the book is wonderfully fluid. . . . Fire & Blood was a great surprise to me. 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. (And they have a lot of idiotic desires.) This book feels like A Song of Ice and Fire. And you know how I know? Because I want the next book right away.” —Tordotcom
“An absolutely irresistible, dragon-filled delight.”—Bustle
“[There are] treasures hidden in this new Targaryen history.”—Vanity Fair
“The world of ice and fire only gets more fascinating the more we learn about it.”—Mashable
“Martin is still a powerfully gifted, inventive writer. . . . [Fire & Blood] has hundreds of fascinating anecdotes, ranging from the cruel fate of a jester named Tom Turnip to a dragon that, tellingly, refuses to venture beyond the Wall. . . . Fire & Blood is a lavish object, with charts, family trees, and stunning illustrations by comic book artist Doug Wheatley. . . . In this sense it fits into a venerable tradition, from J.R.R. Tolkien in his Silmarillion to Diana Gabaldon in her companion to the Outlander series.”—USA Today
“[Fire & Blood] explores the dragon-fueled secrets upon which the current saga is built.”—The Hollywood Reporter
“Martin has done it again. . . . [Fire & Blood is] a beautiful weaving of the wars, marriages, deaths, dragons, and politics that shape the world Martin has created, leaving the reader feeling like this is a true history rather than a piece of fantasy. This is a masterpiece of world-building. . . . Beyond Martin’s legions of fans, anyone with a taste for richly, even obsessively detailed historical fiction or fantasy about royalty will enjoy this extraordinary work.”—Booklist (starred review)
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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 did it become so deadly to visit Valyria after the Doom? What is the origin of Daenerys’s three dragon eggs? 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.
Über den Autor und weitere Mitwirkende
Doug Wheatley is a comic book artist, concept designer, and illustrator who has worked on such properties and characters as Star Wars, Aliens, Superman, The Incredible Hulk, and Conan the Barbarian, to name just a few. Wheatley was the artist on the comic book adaptation of the film Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and contributed illustrations to The World of Ice & Fire.
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The gods and the Free Cities had other plans, however. Even as the king’s ships were beating their way north, envoys from Pentos and Tyrosh called upon His Grace in the Red Keep. The two cities had been at war for three years and were now desirous of making peace, but could not agree on where they might meet to discuss terms. The conflict had caused serious disruption to trade upon the narrow sea, to the extent that King Jaehaerys had offered both cities his help in ending their hostilities. After long discussion, the Archon of Tyrosh and the Prince of Pentos had agreed to meet in King’s Landing to settle their differences, provided that Jaehaerys would act as an intermediary between them, and guarantee the terms of any resulting treaty.
It was a proposal that neither the king nor his council felt he could refuse, but it would mean postponing His Grace’s planned progress to the North, and there was concern that the notoriously prickly Lord of Winterfell might take that for a slight. Queen Alysanne provided the solution. She would go ahead as planned, alone, whilst the king played host to the Prince and Archon. Jaehaerys could join her at Winterfell as soon as the peace had been concluded. And so it was agreed.
Queen Alysanne’s travels began in the city of White Harbor, where tens of thousands of northerners turned out to cheer her and gape at Silverwing with awe, and a bit of terror. It was the first time any of them had seen a dragon. The size of the crowds surprised even their lord. “I had not known there were so many smallfolk in the city,” Theomore Manderly is reported to have said. “Where did they all come from?”
The Manderlys were unique amongst the great houses of the North. Having originated in the Reach centuries before, they had found refuge near the mouth of the White Knife when rivals drove them from their rich lands along the Mander. Though fiercely loyal to the Starks of Winterfell, they had brought their own gods with them from the south, and still worshipped the Seven and kept the traditions of knighthood. Alysanne Targaryen, ever desirous of binding the Seven Kingdoms closer together, saw an opportunity in Lord Theomore’s famously large family, and promptly set about arranging marriages. By the time she took her leave, two of her ladies-in-waiting had been betrothed to his lordship’s younger sons and a third to a nephew; his eldest daughter and three nieces, meanwhile, had been added to the queen’s own party, with the understanding that they would travel south with her and there be pledged to suitable lords and knights of the king’s court.
Lord Manderly entertained the queen lavishly. At the welcoming feast an entire aurochs was roasted, and his lordship’s daughter Jessamyn acted as the queen’s cupbearer, filling her tankard with a strong northern ale that Her Grace pronounced finer than any wine she had ever tasted. Manderly also staged a small tourney in the queen’s honor, to show the prowess of his knights. One of the fighters (though no knight) was revealed to be a woman, a wildling girl who had been captured by rangers north of the Wall and given to one of Lord Manderly’s household knights to foster. Delighted by the girl’s daring, Alysanne summoned her own sworn shield, Jonquil Darke, and the wildling and the Scarlet Shadow dueled spear against sword whilst the northmen roared in approval.
A few days later, the queen convened her women’s court in Lord Manderly’s own hall, a thing hitherto unheard of in the North, and more than two hundred women and girls gathered to share their thoughts, concerns, and grievances with Her Grace.
After taking leave of White Harbor, the queen’s retinue sailed up the White Knife to its rapids, then proceeded overland to Winterfell, whilst Alysanne herself flew ahead on Silverwing. The warmth of her reception at White Harbor was not to be duplicated at the ancient seat of the Kings in the North, where Alaric Stark and his sons alone emerged to greet her when her dragon landed before his castle gates. Lord Alaric had a flinty reputation; a hard man, people said, stern and unforgiving, tight-fisted almost to the point of being niggardly, humorless, joyless, cold. Even Theomore Manderly, who was his bannerman, had not disagreed; Stark was well respected in the North, he said, but not loved. Lord Manderly’s fool had put it elsewise. “Methinks Lord Alaric has not moved his bowels since he was twelve.”
Her reception at Winterfell did nothing to disabuse the queen’s fears as to what she might expect from House Stark. Even before dismounting to bend the knee, Lord Alaric looked askance at Her Grace’s clothing and said, “I hope you brought something warmer than that.” He then proceeded to declare that he did not want her dragon inside his walls. “I’ve not seen Harrenhal, but I know what happened there.” Her knights and ladies he would receive when they got here, “and the king too, if he can find the way,” but they should not overstay their welcome. “This is the North, and winter is coming. We cannot feed a thousand men for long.” When the queen assured him that only a tenth that number would be coming, Lord Alaric grunted and said, “That’s good. Fewer would be even better.” As had been feared, he was plainly unhappy that King Jaehaerys had not deigned to accompany her, and confessed to being uncertain how to entertain a queen. “If you are expecting balls and masques and dances, you have come to the wrong place.”
Lord Alaric had lost his wife three years earlier. When the queen expressed regret that she had never had the pleasure of meeting Lady Stark, the northman said, “She was a Mormont of Bear Isle, and no lady by your lights, but she took an axe to a pack of wolves when she was twelve, killed two of them, and sewed a cloak from their skins. She gave me two strong sons as well, and a daughter as sweet to look upon as any of your southron ladies.”
When Her Grace suggested that she would be pleased to help arrange marriages for his sons to the daughters of great southern lords, Lord Stark refused brusquely. “We keep the old gods in the North,” he told the queen. “When my boys take a wife, they will wed before a heart tree, not in some southron sept.”
Alysanne Targaryen did not yield easily, however. The lords of the south honored the old gods as well as the new, she told Lord Alaric; most every castle that she knew had a godswood as well as a sept. And there were still certain houses that had never accepted the Seven, no more than the northmen had, the Blackwoods in the riverlands chief amongst them, and mayhaps as many as a dozen more. Even a lord as stern and flinty as Alaric Stark found himself helpless before Queen Alysanne’s stubborn charm. He allowed that he would think on what she said, and raise the matter with his sons.
The longer the queen stayed, the more Lord Alaric warmed to her, and in time Alysanne came to realize that not everything that was said of him was true. He was careful with his coin, but...
Produktinformation
- Herausgeber : Bantam; 1. Edition (20. November 2018)
- Sprache : Englisch
- Gebundene Ausgabe : 736 Seiten
- ISBN-10 : 152479628X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1524796280
- Abmessungen : 16.18 x 4.7 x 23.93 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 291.002 in Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Bücher)
- Nr. 3.802 in Fantasy Action & Abenteuer
- Nr. 19.247 in Esoterik (Bücher)
- Nr. 19.989 in Gegenwartsliteratur
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George Raymond Richard Martin wurde 1948 in New Jersey geboren. Sein Bestseller-Epos »Das Lied von Eis und Feuer« wurde als die vielfach ausgezeichnete Fernsehserie »Game of Thrones« verfilmt. 2022 folgt der HBO-Blockbuster »House of the Dragon«, welcher auf dem Werk »Feuer und Blut« basiert. George R.R. Martin wurde u.a. sechsmal der Hugo Award, zweimal der Nebula Award, dreimal der World Fantasy Award (u.a. für sein Lebenswerk und besondere Verdienste um die Fantasy) und fünfzehnmal der Locus Award verliehen. 2013 errang er den ersten Platz beim Deutschen Phantastik Preis für den Besten Internationalen Roman. Er lebt heute mit seiner Frau in New Mexico.
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Dieses Buch ist beeindruckend: Auf über 700 Seiten erzählt George R. R. Martin in der Rolle des Archmaesters Gyldayn die Geschichte der Targaryens, beginnend mit ihrer Invasion und Eroberung von Westeros. Dieses Werk ist auf 2 Bände ausgelegt, wobei „Fire & Blood“ ziemlich genau die Hälfte ihrer 300-jährigen Herrschaft umschreibt, König um König, teilweise Jahr für Jahr. „Maester“ Martin geht dabei chronologisch und sehr systematisch vor und lässt so den Leser am Aufstieg und Fall der verschiedenen Herrscher teilhaben. Jeder Fan der „Ice and Fire“-Serie weiß, dass George R. R. Martin Details liebt, und mit diesem Werk treibt er diese Obsession auf die Spitze. Hunderte von Charakteren begegnen dem Leser auf seiner Reise durch die Jahrzehnte; komplizierte Familienbeziehungen und Handlungsstränge werden elegant und wortgewandt miteinander verwoben; die Herrschaft der Targaryans – mit all ihren Höhen und Tiefen – wird zu meist blutigem Leben erweckt. Ich muss zugeben, dass mir ein Werk dieser Art, welches sich mit ungeahnter Komplexität der Vorgeschichte einer fiktionalen Welt widmet, so noch nicht begegnet ist. Ich glaube nicht, dass es viele Autoren gibt, die überhaupt in der Lage gewesen wären, diese Geschichte so zu erzählen, denn im Gegensatz zu normalen Geschichtsbüchern gibt es ja keine tatsächliche Geschichte, auf die der Autor zurückgreifen könnte. Jedes winzige Detail hat George R. R. Martin aus dem Nichts, bzw. aus den Informationsbrocken geschaffen, die er auf seine früheren Romane verteilte. Die Geschichte der Targaryans wirkt dabei zu keinem Zeitpunkt unrealistisch, sondern ist – trotz herumfliegender Drachen – vollkommen überzeugend, als könne es sich genau so abgespielt haben.
Dieses Buch ist enttäuschend: Was die „Ice and Fire“-Serie so gut macht, sind nicht nur die packende Story, die komplexen Charaktere und der unglaubliche Detailreichtum dieser Welt, sondern auch die Art, wie George R. R. Martin seine Geschichte erzählt – immer aus dem Blickwinkel der Charaktere, sodass man mit ihnen fühlt, mit ihnen leidet, mit ihnen blutet und mit ihnen triumphiert. Genau das fehlt in „Fire & Blood“. So wortgewandt der Maester auch sein mag, es bleibt eine Nacherzählung vergangener Ereignisse, ohne dass man den Protagonisten allzu nahe kommen könnte, denn gerade, wenn man das will, sind sie bereits tot und andere nehmen ihren Platz ein. Aus diesem Grund war „Fire & Blood“ für mich nicht so mitreißend wie die „richtigen“ Bücher der Serie. Außerdem waren mir die Targaryans ehrlich gesagt nicht sonderlich sympathisch. Sie lieben und leben Inzest, das haben sie – so die Geschichte – immer getan. Ich kann mit Inzest nichts anfangen, da bin ich wohl erzogen worden wie das „Smallfolk“ von Westeros. Irgendwann ging es mir dann schon auf die Nerven, wenn ständig Brüder und Schwestern und andere Verwandte miteinander verheiratet wurden. Ihren „Exceptionalism“, der besagt, dass Inzest für Targaryans okay ist, weil sie Drachen fliegen und somit etwas Besonderes sind, können die sich in ihre silbernen Haare schmieren. Sieht so aus, als wäre ich wohl dem Aufruf des High Septons gefolgt und gegen die „Abominations in the eyes of gods and men“ in den Krieg gezogen, um dann von einem Drachen verbrannt zu werden. Glück gehabt, dass dieser Konflikt, der selbstverständlich auch in epischer Breite in diesem Buch zur Sprache kommt, längst vorbei ist und die Knochen der Targaryans zu Staub zerfallen sind.
Insgesamt bereue ich den Kauf des Buches nicht. Allein schon die vielen Zeichnungen, die den Text begleiten und ausschmücken, sind ihr Geld wert. Für diese Kunstwerke war Doug Wheatley verantwortlich, dessen Artwork ich noch aus der großartigen Star-Wars-Serie „Dark Times“ kenne. Seine Darstellung der Targaryans und ihrer Drachen ist sehr gut gelungen und wertet das Buch zusätzlich auf.
„Fire & Blood“ erhält von mir 4 Sterne. George R. R. Martin ist ein Meister des geschriebenen Wortes, und daran kommen auch bei diesem Werk keinerlei Zweifel auf. Dennoch bin ich mir nicht sicher, ob es wirklich Sinn macht, zu einer bisher lediglich 5 Bände umfassenden Fantasy-Serie Geschichtsbücher zu schreiben. Wenn man diese Frage mit „Ja“ beantwortet, sollten sie allerdings exakt so geschrieben werden, wie es im vorliegenden Band geschehen ist. Wer alles über die Herrschaft der Targaryans wissen will, der wird mit „Fire & Blood“ sehr glücklich werden, wer einfach nur einen guten Fantasy-Roman lesen wollte, wird hingegen vielleicht etwas verwundert dreinschauen.
The Winds of Winter are coming … hopefully.
Most of the book is told from the point of view of a Maester and of a fool named Mushroom who both had written accounts of the Targaryen history.
The book covers generation after generation of Targaryens, Valaryons, Baratheons, Lannisters, Hightowers, Starks, and the like. While the main focus is on the ruling of the Targaryens, and how they and their dragons maintain power over the years, you do get a small peak into the other families that you love.
I really loved this book. I am a huge fan of R.R. Martin, and - while I wish he would finish the Song of Ice and Fire - this was a book that helped unlock several mysteries for me about what happened leading up to Robert Baratheon usurping the throne. The start of the book is very easy to follow - from the Conquest and then when Aegon I's first child takes over the throne. Then it starts to get complicated because Aegon I's first child gets married and has around 13 children and the branches sprout like mad. You really have to be paying attention because - just like all of Martin's books - there are 1000 characters to keep track of, and so many side stories that it will make your head spin.
This book is genius, and incredibly well written, just like his others. I enjoyed every word, and do hope he writes the second prequel to lead up to Robert Baratheon's conquest, and ALSO finishes Winds of Winter, so that the series will be complete.
If you love Game of Thrones, you will LOVE this book. It is worth your time.
The book itself receives only 3 stars because of this specific edition. English paperbacks are usually printed on paper of questionable quality, at least compared to what is standard in Germany. That's ok if the printing is good. Here a microscopic font size meets a slightly grey paper quality that doesn't improve contrast and readability. The info about the book gives a height of 17.8 cm. Out of interest I counted the number of lines on a page: 35. Pull out your average paperback and check it. You will get an idea how small the font is. I would have prefered if the publisher had omitted the superflous illustrations and had invested in a few more pages to enable a larger font. Reading a book should be fun not strenous.
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Great story. Blood & cheese shoked me, Jaehaerys the Conciliator was my favorite king by far.
A must if you like a song of fire and ice, or game of throne, or house of the dragon.
p.s. Please winds of winter , dream of spring Come to ME