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Full of adventures, battles and love stories, the chivalry romance Tirant lo Blanch is a masterpiece of medieval literature. The novel, sometimes claimed to be the world's first, is made even more fascinating by the fact that its original author died before its completion and another author had to take over. The mystery concerning where the change-of-author takes place constitutes a statistical change-point challenge.

The Game of Thrones universe is famous for its high mortality rates, but for persons belonging to the nobility the death tolls are quite similar to those of nobles living in England during the Wars of the Roses.