By Lew K. Cohn
Managing Editor
Highland Lakes Newspapers
I was so excited when it was finally Sunday, April 24, and Game of Thrones returned to HBO for its sixth season. The epic drama, based on the fantasy novel series A Song of Fire and Ice by George R. R. Martin, is one of the best shows on television and is a must-see for Betty and me.
For those who do not know much about the show, it chronicles political machinations, wars, alliances and perils on the mythical continents of Westeros and Essos as characters scheme and fight their way to claiming the vaunted Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms. Martin created many of the details in the series from actual historical events and locales, including the War of the Roses, the Hundred Years War, the Wall of Hadrian, the Mongolian Empire and even Nordic Viking sagas.
