Fire and Blood. George R.r. Martin

      

      FIRE & BLOOD

      George R.R. Martin

       Copyright

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

      This revised ebook edition 2020

      Copyright © WO & Shade LLC 2018

      Illustrations copyright © Penguin Random House LLC 2018, 2020

      Interview copyright © WO & Shade LLC and Daniel Jones 2019

      Cover illustration © Larry Rostant

      Cover design by Claire Ward © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2018

      George R.R. Martin asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      Portions of this book were previously published, some in an abridged form, as:

      ‘Conquest’, published in The World of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin, Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson, copyright © WO & Shade LLC 2014;

      ‘The Sons of the Dragon’, published in The Book of Swords (edited by Gardner Dozois), copyright © WO & Shade LLC 2017;

      ‘The Princess and the Queen’, published in Dangerous Women (edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois), copyright © George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois 2013;

      ‘The Rogue Prince’, published in Rogues (edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois), copyright © George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois 2014.

      A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008402785

      Ebook Edition © October 2018 ISBN: 9780008295578

      Version: 2020-06-23

       Dedication

       for Lenore, Elias, Andrea, and Sid, the Mountain Minions

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

      Copyright

      Dedication

      Aegon’s Conquest

      Reign of the Dragon—The Wars of King Aegon I

Three Heads Had the Dragon—Governance Under King Aegon I

The Sons of the Dragon

Prince into King—The Ascension of Jaehaerys I

The Year of the Three Brides—49 AC

A Surfeit of Rulers

       A Time of Testing—The Realm Remade

       Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I

       Jaehaerys and Alysanne—Their Triumphs and Tragedies

       The Long Reign—Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain

       Heirs of the Dragon—A Question of Succession

       The Dying of the Dragons—The Blacks and the Greens

       The Dying of the Dragons—A Son for a Son

       The Dying of the Dragons—The Red Dragon and the Gold

       The Dying of the Dragons—Rhaenyra Triumphant

       The Dying of the Dragons—Rhaenyra Overthrown

       The Dying of the Dragons—The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II

       Aftermath—The Hour of the Wolf

       Under the Regents—The Hooded Hand

       Under the Regents—War and Peace and Cattle Shows

       Under the Regents—The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist

       The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency

      Lineages and Family Tree

      A Conversation Between George R.R. Martin and Dan Jones

       Footnotes

       About the Author

       About the Illustrator

       By George R.R. Martin

      About the Publisher

      Fire & Blood

      Being a History of the Targaryen Kings of Westeros

      Volume One

      from Aegon I (the Conqueror)

      to

      the Regency of Aegon III (the Dragonbane)

      by Archmaester Gyldayn

      of the Citadel of Oldtown

      (here transcribed by George R.R. Martin)

       Aegon’s Conquest

      The maesters of the Citadel who keep the histories of Westeros have used Aegon’s Conquest as their touchstone for the past three hundred years. Births, deaths, battles, and other events are dated