You should be warned that there may be some spoilers here and there. But for the purpose of this article, we’ll focus our attention on proven historical fact. And if we come to think about it, even magic was real to the people from our own past, who sometimes believed without a shadow of a doubt that giants, zombies, or even dragons existed. This means that many characters, locations, and events in the books have one and possibly even more historical inspirations. Martin tap into history as a seemingly endless source of material to draw inspiration from.
As Mark Twain once famously said, “Truth is stranger than fiction.” So, George R.R. And as most great authors often do, they borrow heavily from the real world. It has magical elements, but that tends to be pushed to the fringes of the overall story. What really sets Game of Thrones, or A Song of Ice and Fire (the actual name of the book series) apart from other fantasy fiction is its apparent historic realism.
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