{"product_id":"winter-is-coming-9781350134744","title":"Winter is Coming","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe debate and discussion around Game of Thrones has covered questions of climate issues, industrialization, and questions of power, sex and gender. But in this essential companion to both George R.R. Martin''s novels and the HBO show, Carolyne Larrington explores how this remarkable universe was constructed from the actual Middle Ages. The book examines sigils, giants, dragons and direwolves in medieval texts; ravens, old gods and the Weirwood in Norse myth; and a gothic, exotic orient in the eastern continent, Essos. From the White Walkers to the Red Woman, from Casterly Rock to the Shivering Sea, this is an indispensable guide to the 21st-century''s most important fantasy creation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations List of Illustrations Introduction Chapter One: \t\t\t\tThe Centre Chapter Two: \t\t\t\tThe North Chapter Three:\t\t        The West Chapter Four:\t\t\t\tAcross the Narrow Sea Chapter Five: \t\t\t\tThe East Epilogue Notes List of Further Reading Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866593505623,"sku":"9781350134744","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350134744.jpg?v=1722279372","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/winter-is-coming-9781350134744","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}