Game of Thrones: History Behind the Bloodshed

Dragonfire, Red Weddings, Queens who burn cities... we think of Game

of Thrones as epic fantasy. But what if the most shocking, brutal,

and cunning moments weren't spun from imagination, but pulled from the blood-stained

pages of real history? <break time="2.5s" /> George R.R. Martin didn't just invent Westeros; he mined the annals

of human ambition, betrayal, and war. This is the true history behind the

fiction, where reality was often more savage than any screenplay. <break time="11.0s" /> The Real "War of

the Five Kings": The Wars of the Roses. The foundational conflict of Thrones

is a direct parallel to this 30-year English civil war. The noble Houses of York (Stark)