A Game of Thrones.A GAME OF THRONES. George R.R. Martin. 1996/2003. Read by Roy Dotrice Roy Dotrice (born May 26, 1925) is a British actor. Dotrice was born in Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. He served in World War II, and was imprisoned in a German POW camp. . 22-1.5 hour tapes, Books on Tape, 0-7366-9593-1. $176.00.Vinyl; plot notes. SA This first volume of Martin's Song of Fire and Ice series is a gripping and engaging tale of intrigue, politics, murder, and even some heroism. The various threads weave together well to form an intricate web of backstabbing back·stab tr.v. back·stabbed, back·stab·bing, back·stabs To attack (someone) unfairly, especially in an underhand, deceitful manner: and double-dealing. In the background of all this intrigue are a magical threat from the frozen North and a threat of barbarian force from the windswept wind·swept adj. Exposed to or swept by winds: windswept moors. windswept Adjective 1. plains across the sea to the East. Dotrice's excellent semi-voiced reading adds a great deal to enjoyment of this marvelous tale. His wide range of accents, intonations, and voices perfectly captures the unctuousness, the gruffness, the haughtiness haugh·ty adj. haugh·ti·er, haugh·ti·est Scornfully and condescendingly proud. See Synonyms at proud. [From Middle English haut, from Old French haut, halt , and the foolishness of the various characters. Listeners will have a hard time not rushing to see how the final tapestry of the tale comes together. Warning: this is not recommended for all listeners, as it contains crude and vulgar language and includes some fairly explicit sex. Hugh Flick, Jr., Silliman College Silliman College is a residential college at Yale University. It opened September 1940 as the last of the original ten residential colleges, and includes buildings that were constructed as early as 1901. , Yale Univ., New Haven, CT |
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