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Fire and Blood
- A Song of Ice and Fire
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 27 hrs and 15 mins
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Summary
Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon flame and saw the Seven Kingdoms turned to ash.
So began the Targaryens’ bloody rule, with fire and blood. Setting brother against brother, mother against daughter, and dragon against dragon. Chronicled by a learned maester of the Citadel, this thrilling and bloody history of Westeros tells the story of where the battle for the Iron Throne began....
This audio edition now includes an exclusive interview between George R.R. Martin and historian Dan Jones.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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- michael Billington
- 29-11-18
The epic story of house Targaryen
This is not a novel so it might not be for everyone but I loved it. It covers the House Targaryen from Aegon the Conqueror to the end of the regency of Aegon iii it shows both sides of the Targaryen coin the greatness and the madness. from the hideous tyranny of maegor to the genius of Jaehaerys I found myself really caring about the characters and being moved by the tragedy that was the dance of the dragons. excellent narration by Simon Vance also made this an enjoyable listen I would highly recommend.
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- Dave & Jenny
- 20-11-18
Not a story, not what I was expecting.
I feel very disappointed. I was expecting a proper story, not just a reported account.
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- jamesg
- 07-04-19
pretty bad actually
Needlessly complicated, lazy and thoroughly unentertaining.
I loved a song of Ice and fire, so this book was a bit of a disappointment unfortunately.
I really didn't enjoy the third person style of writing, I found that it took away all immersion.
it almost seems like the author was being paid per character that he creates to then kill off three paragraphs later, in this book characters died before you even fully comprehend who they are.
please don't get this book thinking that you will get anywhere near the same amount of entertainment value that you may have got out of a song of Ice and fire.
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- D. J. Mole
- 27-11-18
History in George RR Martins own style
I know a number of people have not enjoyed this. It is true that it lays out the family history. I am not one who generally likes being given historical facts whether they be real or fiction. But this has the same sense and feel that was given to The Game of Throne series and each individual has been given his or her own personality. I like the 'evidence' or 'non evidence' for how things came to be, giving the book it's own sense of reality. I loved listening to Roy Dotrice telling the Game of Thrones and Simon Vance is also an excellent narrator. Would like the other books to be finally published and narrated!! Come on George! Love the TV series but there is so much more colour in the books and would love for those who can't see to be able to hear it all!
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- Robert O Marc
- 21-11-18
All of it is part of Ice and Fire: histories.
this are few chapters from the histories of westeros book. avoid! get the histories instead
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-11-18
Excellent excellent excellent
Excellent!!!! If you are familiar with GRRM Novellus such as The Princess and the Queen, The Rouge Prince and The Book of Swords then you will be able to dive into this books utter brilliance and complete detail without looking back. If you are only familiar with the works of Game of Thrones rather than the whole ASOIAF world then I would 100% recommend you read the “World Book” before you read this or at least have it to hand so you can reference maps, family tree and facts as it can get rather confusing
(I have been a complete geek and I have the beautiful hard copy with the maps, illustrations and family tree and I have downloaded it on Audible as Roy Dotrice and Nicholas Smith do a wonderful job of narrating)
In fact having the Targaryen family tree to hand is incredibly useful while reading this regardless to how familiar you are of any of GRRM works because it’s just so damned confusing which makes for all the better reading! Thank you so much Mr Martin this was completely amazing!
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- Raine
- 20-11-18
Struggling
Struggling to listen. I do hope it improves.
Plenty of potential and time to get better.
one or two chapters were really good but overall this was a disappointment.
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- Edwin Brown
- 21-01-19
Hard Work compared to the game of thrones
Found this to be confusing and hard work compared to the game of thrones and can't really say it adds to the books. He should have spent the time finishing the Game of Thrones first!!
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- Adam
- 26-12-18
Dull! Avoid
performance is excellent! That's where the praise ends.
The book is essentially cliff notes and a wireframe. it's bloody dull and has practically no story and adds little to nothing to the intrigue to the main story.
With quotes directly from the lord of the rings, it is clear that Martin is attempting to flesh out his world in the same manor as Tolkien, and it comes across forced, boring and disingenuous.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-11-18
Was hoping for a story, not this
Was bored after about 5 minutes. Nothing compelling or engaging. I like the concept of bringing the imaginary to life, expanding and exploring the back story giving extra layers and depths to the families and the lands. However this isn't it.
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