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All Men Must Die: Power and Passion in Game of Thrones
Carolyne Larrington
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Description for All Men Must Die: Power and Passion in Game of Thrones
Paperback. 'All men must die': or 'Valar Morghulis', as the traditional Essos greeting is rendered into High Valyrian. And die they do - in prodigious numbers; in imaginatively varied and gruesome ways; and often in pain, terror and ordure within the blood-spattered and viciously unpredictable world that is HBO's sensational evocation of Game of Thrones. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APT; DSBB; FM; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
'All men must die’: or ‘Valar Morghulis’, as the traditional Essos greeting is rendered in High Valyrian. And die they do – in prodigious numbers; in imaginatively varied and gruesome ways; and often in terror within the viciously unpredictable world that is HBO’s sensational evocation of Game of Thrones. Epic in scope and in imaginative breadth, the stories that are brought to life tell of the dramatic rise and fall of nations, the brutal sweeping away of old orders and the advent of new autarchs in the eternal quest for dominion. Yet, as this book reveals, many potent ... Read more
'All men must die’: or ‘Valar Morghulis’, as the traditional Essos greeting is rendered in High Valyrian. And die they do – in prodigious numbers; in imaginatively varied and gruesome ways; and often in terror within the viciously unpredictable world that is HBO’s sensational evocation of Game of Thrones. Epic in scope and in imaginative breadth, the stories that are brought to life tell of the dramatic rise and fall of nations, the brutal sweeping away of old orders and the advent of new autarchs in the eternal quest for dominion. Yet, as this book reveals, many potent ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784539320
SKU
V9781784539320
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About Carolyne Larrington
Carolyne Larrington is Professor of Medieval European Literature at University of Oxford, UK. She is the author of The Women’s Companion to Mythology (1997), King Arthur’s Enchantresses (2006), The Land of the Green Man (2015) and Winter is Coming (2015), among others.
Reviews for All Men Must Die: Power and Passion in Game of Thrones
All Men Must Die interrogates and analyses the eight-season arc of HBO’s Game of Thrones on its own terms—not as an adaptation. Carolyne Larrington succeeds in explaining how, in spite of the glaring flaws of the latter seasons, the ‘narrative, themes, and characters’ of the show nonetheless represent a compelling version of contemporary medievalist storytelling. Incisively argued and deftly written, ... Read more