Summary
George R.R. Martin: Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Subtitle: That is, The Adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall and His Squire Egg. The Seven Kingdoms enjoy peace under the rule of the Targaryen royal house, secure in the strength of its lineage, even though its dragons died out when Ser Arlan was a child. In Cinderella, Dunk will face both the best and the worst offshoots of that dragon's blood - and acquire a squire with whom he will begin to create turning chapters in the history of the Western Lands... In the stories about Dunk and Egg, George R.R. Martin wrote some of the best pages of his prose, well known to readers long before he gained world fame with the A Song of Ice and Fire series - the template for the popular HBO series Game of Thrones. Set about a hundred years before the beginning of the tumultuous events described there, the adventures of Dunk and Egg brought by the book The Knight of the Seven Kingdoms are moving and exciting narratives, subtle and intriguing, intimate and epic at the same time. They provide a great introduction to Martin's work for those who have yet to meet him, as well as plenty of new insights into the world of Ice and Fire for those who already enjoy it.
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