A young pretender raises an army to take the throne.
Ed is a former deputy editor of the Catholic Herald and a popular Twitter personality..
He blogs for the Spectator and has written for the Daily Telegraph, Times, Evening Standard, Daily Express, and Guardian.
About the Author: Ed West is a full-time author.
Instead of despairing while waiting for Season 8 of Game of Thrones, discover the Real History behind the phenomenon and see for yourself That truth is stranger than fiction.
Join Ed West, author of Skyhorse\'s A Very, Very Short History of England series, as he explores all of Martin\'s influences, from religion to war to powerful women.
The Dothraki? Also known as Huns, Magyars, Turks, and Mongols.
The poisoning of Joffrey Baratheon? Eerily similar to the death of William the Conqueror\'s grandson.
The Red Wedding? Based on actual events in Scottish history.
George RR Martin\'s bestselling novels are rife with allusions, inspirations, and flat-out copies of real-life people, events, and places of medieval and Tudor England and Europe.
Yet That was also the story of the bloodiest battle in British history, fought at the culmination of the War of the Roses.
Sound familiar? It may read like the plot of Game of Thrones.
She too is battling for the inheritance of her young son, not yet fully grown but already a sadist who takes delight in watching executions.
Against them is the queen, passionate, proud, and strong-willed and with more of the masculine virtues of the time than most men.
He is supported in this war by his mother, who has spirited away her two younger sons to safety.
Learning of his father\'s death, the adolescent, dashing and charismatic and descended from the old kings of the North, vows to avenge him.
A young pretender raises an army to take the throne
