The Princess and the Queen
The Princess and the Queen, or, The Blacks and the Greens | |
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Author | George R. R. Martin |
Audio read by | Iain Glen |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | A Song of Ice and Fire |
Genre(s) | Fantasy |
Published in | Dangerous Women |
Publisher | Tor Books |
Media type | Novella |
Publication date | December 3, 2013 |
Followed by | "The Rogue Prince" |
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Plot
When King Viserys I Targaryen dies, his second wife and widow, Queen Alicent of House Hightower, conspires a
After Rhaenyra is crowned Queen by her followers at the Targaryen ancestral seat of
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As the last other living male member of House Targaryen (other than the lost prince, Viserys Targaryen), Rhaenyra's son Aegon the Younger is named by Aegon II as his heir, but is constantly threatened with execution by his uncle. However, after the Greens' last army is annihilated at the Battle of the Kingsroad, the stubbornly defiant Aegon II is assassinated by his own men, who then surrendered unconditionally to the Blacks. Aegon the Younger is freed and crowned as King Aegon III, ending the conflict. However, House Targaryen had lost virtually all of their dragons, and the surviving ones had either gone feral and/or died out during the reign of Aegon III, earning him the infamous nickname "Dragonbane".
House Targaryen, continuing through Rhaenyra's direct family line, reigns for the next 200 years, until it is overthrown by Robert Baratheon.
Development
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The story was to be included in the companion book The World of Ice & Fire but was removed because the book was becoming too long for the original concept of a fully illustrated book. It and several other stories appeared in abridged versions in other anthologies.[9]
Reception
Entertainment Weekly called the 35,000-word novella "a great demonstration of Martin's ability to dramatize the slippery complexities of power: how evil begets heroism, how heroes become villains".[7] The Princess and the Queen was nominated for a 2014 Locus Award.[10]
Adaptation
An HBO series adaptation of The Princess and the Queen, called House of the Dragon, began airing from August 21, 2022. House of the Dragon is a prequel to Game of Thrones covering the Dance of Dragons civil war, and incorporates additional material from Fire and Blood and the expanded text "The Dying of Dragons." The show is produced by Martin, Vince Gerardis, Ryan Condal, and Miguel Sapochnik; in addition, the latter two are its showrunners.[11] The sixth episode of the pilot season of House of the Dragon is also named after the novella.
See also
- The Rogue Prince (2014), the prequel to The Princess and the Queen
- Fire & Blood (2018), the expanded novel incorporating the story of The Princess and the Queen
References
- Tor.com. July 24, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
- ^ Martin, George R. R. (January 23, 2013). "Not A Blog: A Dangerous Delivery". GRRM.livejournal.com. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ "The Princess and The Queen, or, The Blacks and The Greens by George R.R. Martin". Goodreads. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- ^ Martin, George R. R. (March 12, 2014). "Not a Blog: The Rogues Are Coming..." GRRM.livejournal.com. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
- ^ Driscoll, Molly (July 31, 2013). "George R.R. Martin's new novella will be a part of the anthology Dangerous Women". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: Dangerous Women by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois". Publishers Weekly. October 7, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
- ^ a b Franlich, Darren (December 6, 2013). "Book Review: Dangerous Women". Entertainment Weekly. No. 1288. p. 81. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
- ^ Preston, Richard E (13 August 2022). "The Anarchy: The real war that inspired House Of The Dragon". WinterIsComing.net. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
- ^ "August 2018: George R.R. Martin Special Event" (Podcast). August 14, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2018 – via soundcloud.com.
- ^ "2014 Locus Awards Winners". Locus. June 28, 2014. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
- ^ Patten, Dominic; Andreeva, Nellie (October 29, 2019). "'Game Of Thrones' Prequel House of the Dragon Gets Straight To Series Order From HBO". Deadline Hollywood.