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A Game of Thrones
A Song of Ice and Fire (Related to this series)
- Author
- George R.R. Martin
- Narrator
- Roy Dotrice
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 12 July 2011
- Run Time
- 33 hours 46 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Epic fantasy / high fantasy, Dark fantasy, Historical fantasy, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Mythical creatures: Dragons
- Rating
- 5.0 (9 reviews)
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ONE OF THE TIMES’ 25 BEST AUDIOBOOKS
HBO’s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martin’s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A GAME OF THRONES is the first volume in the series.
Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun.
As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must … and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty.
The old gods have no power in the south, Stark’s family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, the vengeance-mad heir of the deposed Dragon King has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities. He claims the Iron Throne.
Critics Review
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‘A Game of Thrones grabs hold and won’t let go. It’s brilliant.’
Robert Jordan -
‘Colossal, staggering… Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome in his imaginary world… one of the greats of fantasy literature.’
SFX -
‘Fantasy literature has never shied away from grandeur, but the sheer-mind-boggling scope of this epic has sent other fantasy writers away shaking their heads… Its ambition: to construct the Twelve Caesars of fantasy fiction, with characters so venomous they could eat the Borgias.’
Guardian -
‘Such a splendid tale. I couldn’t stop till I’d finished and it was dawn.’
Anne McCaffrey
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 4.6
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5.0 5.0
epic
Salvalol 2026-06-12 -
5.0 5.0
Great story and great narration. Can't go wrong with GOT! 💕
Casey33 2023-02-17 -
5.0 4.0
Narration is good aside from a few miss pronunciations
sb1998 2022-11-20
Details
- Author
- George R.R. Martin
- Narrator
- Roy Dotrice
- Duration
- 33 hours 46 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 July 2011
- ISBN
- 9780007237500
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Epic fantasy / high fantasy, Dark fantasy, Historical fantasy, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Mythical creatures: Dragons
- Rating
- 5.0(9 reviews)
- Narration
- 4.6(9 reviews)
Synopsis
ONE OF THE TIMES’ 25 BEST AUDIOBOOKS HBO’s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martin’s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A GAME OF THRONES is the first volume in the series. Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must … and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty. The old gods have no power in the south, Stark’s family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, the vengeance-mad heir of the deposed Dragon King has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities. He claims the Iron Throne.
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