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Old 06-18-2015, 02:52 PM   #776
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Originally Posted by Ebolapox View Post
my sister (a huge history buff, especially that era of English history) mentioned to me yesterday that she's pretty sure that GRRmartin is using the war of the roses as a scaffold for this, which... wonder how that would end exactly

Yes, I believe Martin himself has mentioned War of the Roses as being one of his "inspirations". Clearly nearly everything there (other than the supernatural stuff) is drawn on some aspect of world history. The Dothraki are Mongols. Westeros is England. The Wall is Hadrian's Wall writ large. The Red Wedding is the Scottish Black Dinner. The Unsullied are an over the top and testicle-free version of Spartan warriors, etc. ad infinitum.
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