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Jan 2018

2h 18m

History on Blood and Fire

History Of Westeros

About this episode

A special episode! This is a collaboration with Daniele Bolelli of the History on Fire podcast. We chat about a wide variety of real world historical influences on A Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire.

Daniele Bolelli - http://www.danielebolelli.com/

Bonus Eps & More - www.patreon.com/historyofwesteros

Shirts & Stickers - historyofwesteros.threadless.com

www.historyofwesteros.com

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