Philip's daughter Isabella, Queen of England, plots with the ambitious Robert of Artois to catch the wives of her three brothers-Marguerite, Jeanne and Blanche-in their suspected adulterous affairs. Le Roi de fer (1955)(English title: The Iron King)įrench King Philip the Fair rules with an iron fist, but is surrounded by scandal and intrigue. Between 20, HarperCollins reissued the entire series in print and audiobook, including the last installment The King Without a Kingdom, which had never previously been published in English. The initial six books were first issued in English (translated by Humphrey Hare) between 19, by Rupert Hart-Davis in the United Kingdom and by Scribner's in the United States, with periodic reprints through the 1980s. The first six novels of Les Rois maudits were published in France by Del Duca between 19, and the final volume was released by Plon in 1977. The succession of monarchs that follows leads France and England to the Hundred Years' War.

This bundle collects the first three novels of The Accursed Kings: THE IRON KING, THE STRANGLED QUEEN and THE POISONED CROWN.Set during the reigns of the last five kings of the Capetian dynasty and the first two kings of the House of Valois, the series begins as the French King Philip the Fair, already surrounded by scandal and intrigue, brings a curse upon his family when he persecutes the Knights Templar. Bent on the persecution of the rich and powerful Knights Templar, Philip sentences Grand Master Jacques Molay to be burned at the stake, thus drawing down upon himself a curse that will destroy his entire dynasty… He governs his realm with an iron hand, but he cannot rule his own family: his sons are weak and their wives adulterous while his red-blooded daughter Isabella is unhappily married to an English king who prefers the company of men.Ī web of scandal, murder and intrigue is weaving itself around the Iron King but his downfall will come from an unexpected quarter. The Iron King – Philip the Fair – is as cold and silent, as handsome and unblinking as a statue.

“Accursed! Accursed! You shall be accursed to the thirteenth generation!” Martin.Ī collection of the first three books in Maurice Druon’s epic historical fiction series, The Accursed Kings. “This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R.

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