A Knight of the Seven Book Reports

I recently finished a lesser known book by George R.R. Martin called A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and I have to say that it was MORE catching than A Song of Ice and Fire (commonly known as A Game of Thrones). It tells the tale of Dunk (who is an adult), a squire recently knighted, and Egg (who is 12), a runaway prince living on the outskirts of Ashford Meadow (his brother’s castle). Dunk and Egg don’t really like each other to start off with, but begin to like each other as the story progresses and they adventure the countryside of Westeros.

Other important characters are Tanselle Too—Tall, a girl with whom Dunk falls in love shortly before she leaves for Dorne. Baelor Breakspear is prince who fights for Dunk after Dunk kicks Baelor’s brother (because Baelor’s Brother kicked the townsfolk). The Red Widow is a warrior Lady-Lord who shows Dunk that he has been fighting for the wrong side and convinces him to leave. The Fiddler is a ‘Hedge Knight’ who is secretly an evil lord in search of a dragon egg, and Dunk’s knighter, sir Hector, died on a hill in a rainstorm.

The Story in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is divided in three sections:

Ashford Meadow; It is the story where Dunk is knighted and finds Egg at an inn as a stableboy. He rides to Ashford Meadow and Egg follows him until Dunk makes him his squire. Dunk meets Tanselle and then Baelor’s brother kicks some townsfolk (including Tanselle) and Dunk defends them, at which Dunk is threatened to a trial of seven where they fight along with 6 other knights until one team is defeated. Dunk wins.

The Chequy Castle; Dunk serves at an old lord’s table. He fights for this lord’s river only to realize that legally the water is actually the other castle’s at which point the Red Widow shows Dunk he has been fighting for the wrong side, but Chequy and The Red Widow’s castle are united and Dunk leaves.

Whitewalls; Dunk and Egg travel to a castle called Whitewalls where a tournament is being held at which a knight called The Fiddler (who is secretly Daeron, an evil lord) tries to win a dragon’s egg and is killed by the ‘good guys’ who are simply the other side.

The Seven Kingdoms are a setting shared by both A Song of Ice and Fire, and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. The Seven Kingdoms are set in Westeros, which would be England and Europe in our world. The places Dunk and Egg travel in are:

Ashford meadow

Flea bottom

Whitewalls

Chequy and The Webber’s Castle

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and A Song of Ice and Fire are connected deeply, from setting to characters and they even mention a few of the characters from Game of Thrones in this story, but in my opinion they are also very different. Everything from the story style to the plot is different. I could also say Knight of Seven Kingdoms is more appropriate for young adult readers, and the Knight of Seven Kingdoms book keeps moving, I really couldn’t stop reading it, unlike the Game of Thrones book I just have sitting around on my bookshelf.