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Topic: Game of Thrones

Amanda Moffet
The Red Wedding and the Dwarf Assassin. Not 'Game of Th...
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With a new season of Game of Thrones on TV screens avid fans will be enthralled at the twists and turns of this epic tale. However as I recently discovered while staying on Islay, the inspiration behi...
Topics: Campbell, Game of Thrones, MacDonald, MacIan, MacLean
Nadine Lee
How the Clans Inspired Game of Thrones
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If you still haven’t seen Episode 9 ‘The Rains of Castamere‘ in the latest season of Game of Thrones, you should probably stop reading this post right about now. It’s a well-known and begrudgingly a...
Topics: Alexander Livingston, Campbell, Clan Crest, Clan Motto, Crichton, Douglas, Edinburgh Castle, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, Glencoe Massacre, House Lannister, House Stark, King James II, MacDonald, MacGregor, royal mile, Seat, The Black Dinner, The Red Wedding
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