The Princess and the Queen is a novella consisting of material written by George R.R. Martin for The World of Ice and Fire but cut when it ran drastically over-length. Rather than lose the material, Martin decided to publish it in his anthology Dangerous Women. It replaces the fourth Dunk and Egg short story, The She-Wolves, which will instead be published later in a different venue.
Plot introduction[]
The Princess and the Queen is a narrative history, taking place at the outbreak of the Dance of Dragons.
Relationship with A Song of Ice and Fire[]
- The Dance of Dragons began in 129 AL, one hundred and sixty-nine years before the events of A Game of Thrones. It was the conflict that saw most of the lesser branches of House Targaryen and almost all of its dragons destroyed.
Editions[]
The Princess and the Queen was published as part of Dangerous Women in late 2013. The World of Ice and Fire also contained some of the same information in a more concise form. The story is more fleshed out in Fire & Blood, which was published in 2018.