--- description: George R.R. Martin shared an interesting biographical note about the knight Brienne of Tarth. title: George R.R. Martin Just Shared Something Crazy About Brienne image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef14232ce983ba7c/698854b83c1639103445863e/gwendoline-christie-brienne-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # George R.R. Martin Just Shared Something Crazy About _Game of Thrones_' Brienne of Tarth by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 3, 2016 1:35 AM CUT  Helen Sloan—HBO by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 3, 2016 1:35 AM CUT George R.R. Martin appeared at a science fiction convention in Baltimore this past weekend, where he shared an interesting biographical note about the knight Brienne of Tarth: she’s a descendant of Ser Duncan the Tall, who was, as you’d gather, very tall. (Seven feet, to be precise.) Duncan predated the show’s timeline by about a century, and, as _Esquire_ [reports](http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/tv/news/a10076/grr-martin-brienne-of-tarth-backstory/ "undefined"), he has a special place in Martin’s heart. The author has penned a collection of novellas about the knight. At his Baltimore appearance, Martin also read a chapter from _Winds of Winter,_ the long-awaited next book in the series. \[[_Esquire_](http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/tv/news/a10076/grr-martin-brienne-of-tarth-backstory/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4356059/george-rr-martin-brienne-duncan-the-tall/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4356059/george-rr-martin-brienne-duncan-the-tall/"},"headline":"George R.R. Martin Just Shared Something Crazy About Game of Thrones' Brienne of Tarth","datePublished":"2016-06-03T01:35:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:22:06.588Z","description":"Another interesting note in the show's sweeping backstory","url":"https://time.com/4356059/george-rr-martin-brienne-duncan-the-tall/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones","Books","George R.R. Martin"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef14232ce983ba7c/698854b83c1639103445863e/gwendoline-christie-brienne-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef14232ce983ba7c/698854b83c1639103445863e/gwendoline-christie-brienne-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth in 'Game of Thrones'","caption":"Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth in 'Game of Thrones'","creditText":"Helen Sloan—HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4356059/george-rr-martin-brienne-duncan-the-tall/","name":"George R.R. Martin Just Shared Something Crazy About Game of Thrones' Brienne of Tarth"}}]}] ```