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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jian" data-source="post: 9731835" data-attributes="member: 78087">We went to see the play version of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daughter_of_Time" target="_blank">The Daughter of Time </a>last week and it made me realise just how much the opening events of A Game of Thrones are based on that specific episode in the War of the Roses.To summarise the history: Edward of York (Edward IV) successfully takes the throne from the Lancastrians and makes his loyal brother, Richard of Gloucester, Warden of the North. He marries Elizabeth Woodville, a beauty from a rising family seeking to make themselves kingmakers, and it is rumoured that their young sons (including the heir to the throne) are not Edward’s children but the product of incest between Elizabeth and her brother Anthony. When Edward dies unexpectedly, Richard rides south to become regent for the young prince despite opposition from the Woodvilles. Richard then discovers that Edward and Elizabeth’s sons are not legitimate heirs and is offered the throne; he accepts and becomes Richard III.[spoiler]Robert Baratheon successfully takes the throne from the Targaryens and makes his loyal friend, Ned Stark, Warden of the North. He then marries Cersei Lannister, a beauty from a powerful family seeking to make themselves kingmakers, and it is rumoured that their young sons (including the heir to the throne) are not Robert’s children but the product of incest between Cersei and her brother Jaime. When Robert dies unexpectedly, Ned rides south to become regent for the young prince despite opposition from the Lannisters. Ned then discovers that Robert and Cersei’s sons are not legitimate heirs. Cersei is a damn sight faster on the uptake, not to mention much more ruthless, than Elizabeth Woodville and has Ned arrested and executed (which is actually the fate of Edward and Richard’s brother, George of Clarence, when he spreads such rumours in our world). [/spoiler]</blockquote>

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