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Originally Posted by John F
It's the name of Martin's series, A Song Of Ice and Fire; A game of Thrones is the first book.
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ok.
To answer the original question, my understanding is that GOT is loosely based on the British War of the Roses, i.e. the British civil war that ended the Plantagenet line and started the Tutor line. I haven't seen any analysis of the series per se, maybe because the series hasn't been completed yet.
I suspect the treatment of Tolkien's universe is pretty unique, I really can't think of any other work that has generated that level of analysis.