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Series
Accursed kings volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2013, c1955
Language
English
Description
The year is 1314 and the prophecy seems to have come true: over half a century, kings succeed to the throne of France, but never last long. Palace intrigues of sudden and unexplained deaths, the battles between the dynasties of disastrous wars; everything seems fatally marked by the fate of kings cursed.
Author
Series
Accursed kings volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Imprisoned in Chateau Gaillard, Marguerite of Burgundy has fallen into disgrace. Her infidelity has left her estranged husband, King Louis X of France, with neither heir nor wife, and few options left to remedy his situation.
Author
Series
Accursed kings volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
With Princess Clemence of Hungary his new queen and believing succession assured, Louis X lauches an ill-advised war against Flanders.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
"'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 and her unborn child. As the country is thrown into turmoil, Philippe of Poitiers must use any means necessary to save his country from anarchy. However, how far is he willing to go to clear his path to the...
5) The She Wolf
Author
Series
Accursed kings volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
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. But it is his love affair with Isabella, the 'She-Wolf of France', who has come seemingly to negotiate a treaty of peace that seals his fate.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This is the original Game of Thrones." George R.R. Martin. A collection of the first three books in Maurice Druon's epic historical fiction series, The Accursed Kings. "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 family: his sons are weak and their wives...
Author
Series
Accursed kings volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
The seventh and final volume of The Accursed Kings series by Maurice Druon, The King Without a Kingdom, is available for the first time in English. The reign of the Capetian kings has ended and John II, 'The Good', first of the Valois dynasty, has taken the throne. But through the eyes of his Cardinal, Perigord, we see that a monarch, as vain and cruel as he is incompetent, now sits on one of the most powerful thrones in Europe. And so, under his...
Author
Series
Accursed kings volume 6
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
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, perjury and murder in the name of the new king, Robert expects to receive a title and his full reward. But the days of betrayal are far from over and Robert is banished to England. In the land of France's...
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