The Real Events That Inspired the Greatest Show on Earth
In honor of tonight’s US premiere of The White Queen on Starz, I’ve created a new site about The White Queen: history-behind-the-white-queen.com.
I’ve also added a White Queen Cheat Sheet and an Episode 1 Viewer’s guide to the site.
The site is still a beta and under constructions. I’ve been having a lot of trouble with the web programming.
My intention is to merge the two sites eventually.
Dark portents aligned to make Catelyn, Robb, and Edmure’s trip to the Frey’s castle ominous, including the endless rain and Robb’s direwolf’s jumping in his cage. Catelyn Stark mistrusts Lord Frey and frets he is leading them to a trap. But, did historical events inspire George RR Martin when he envisioned the Red Wedding? To pen the Red Wedding Martin takes a page from a real-life event in medieval Scottish history known as the Black Dinner and may also have…
