<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>I. Queenship<br>1. A <i>Game of Thrones </i>in China: The Case of Cixi, Empress-Dowager of China (1835-1908)<br>2. Queen of Sad Mischance: Medievalism, "Realism," and the Case of Cersei Lannister<br>3. Westerosi Queens: Medievalist Portrayal of Female Power and Authority in <i>A Song of Ice and Fire</i><br>II. Female Agency<br>4. "All I ever wanted was to fight for a lord I believed in. But the good lords are dead and the rest are monsters." Brienne of Tarth, Jaime Lannister, and the Chivalric "Other"<br>5. The Peaceweavers of Winterfell<br>6. Cersei Lannister, Regal Commissions, and the Alchemists in <i>Game of Thrones</i> and <i>A Song of Ice and Fire</i><br>7. "All men must die, but we are not men" Eastern Faith and Feminine Power in <i>A Song of Ice and Fire</i> and HBO's <i>Game of Thrones</i><br>III. The Role of Advice<br>8. Daenerys the Unready: Advice and Ruling in Meereen<br>9. The Royal Minorities of <i>Game of Thrones</i><br>10. Wicked Women and the Iron Throne: The Two-Fold Tragedy of Witches as Advisors in <i>Game of Thrones</i><br>11. Afterword: Playing, Winning and Losing the Game of Thrones: Reflections on Female Succession in George R.R. Martin's <i>A Song of Ice and Fire </i>and <i>Game of Thrones</i> in Comparison to the Premodern Era<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Zita Eva Rohr</b> is an Honorary Fellow at Macquarie University, Australia. She is the author of <i>Yolande of Aragon (1381-1442) Family and Power: The Reverse of the Tapestry </i>(Palgrave, 2016).<br><b>Lisa Benz</b> is the author of <i>Three Medieval Queens: Queenship and the Crown in Fourteenth-Century England</i> (Palgrave, 2012) and the co-editor with Zita Eva Rohr of <i>Queenship, Gender and Reputation in the Medieval and Early Modern West, 1060-1600</i> (Palgrave, 2016).<br>
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