Maurice Druon

The Accursed Kings

1 - The Iron King/The Ardent Infidels (Jan-1956)
2 - The Strangled Queen (Mar-1988)
3 - The Poisoned Crown (Jan-2014)
4 - The Royal Succession (Apr-2014)
5 - The She-Wolf (Apr-2014)
6 - The Lily and the Lion (Sep-2014)
7 - The King Without a Kingdom (Jan-2015)

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  The Iron King/The Ardent Infidels
  

  • Jan-1956
  • / Historical
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  The Accursed Kings - 1
  

  “Accursed! Accursed! You shall be accursed to the thirteenth generation!” The Iron King -- Philip the Fair -- is as cold and silent, as handsome and unblinking as a statue. He governs his realm with an iron hand, but he cannot rule his own fam...

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  The Strangled Queen
  

  • Mar-1988
  • / Historical
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  The Accursed Kings - 2
  

  “This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin.The King is dead. Long live the King.With King Philip IV dead, and the Kingdom left in disarray, as the fatal curse of the Templars plagues the royal house of France.Imprisoned in Chateau...

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  The Poisoned Crown
  

  • Jan-2014
  • / Historical
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  The Accursed Kings - 3
  

  No man is impervious to the poisons of the crown… Having murdered his wife and exiled his mistress, King Louis X of France becomes besotted with Princess Clemence of Hungary and makes her his new Queen. However, though the matter of the succe...

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  The Royal Succession
  

  • Apr-2014
  • / Historical
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  The Accursed Kings - 4
  

  'No woman shall succeed in Salique land' Louis X is dead, poisoned, murdered, by the hand of Mahaut d’Artois. Her plan is simple -- to clear the path to the throne for her son-in-law Philippe. However, there is the small matter of Queen Clemence...

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  The She-Wolf
  

  • Apr-2014
  • / Historical
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  The Accursed Kings - 5
  

  Charles IV is now king of France and his sister is Edward II of England’s Queen. Having been imprisoned by Edward as leader of the rebellious English barons, Roger Mortimer escapes to France, where he joins the war against the English Aquitaine. Bu...

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  The Lily and the Lion
  

  • Sep-2014
  • / Historical
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  The Accursed Kings - 6
  

  The royal house of France has fallen. Charles IV is dead, fulfilling the curse of the Templars once and for all. This leaves the path to the throne open for Robert of Artois to place his cousin, Philippe of Valois, upon it. Having committed fraud, pe...

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  The King Without a Kingdom
  

  • Jan-2015
  • / Historical
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  The Accursed Kings - 7
  

  The reign of the Capetian kings has ended and John II, The Good, takes the throne. Under the leadership of this vain, cruel, incompetent monarch The Hundred Years War escalates and England and France begin to tear each other apart. Warring faction...

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