Maurice Druon
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English
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"The Iron King--Philip the Fair--is as cold and silent. 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. A web of scandal, murder and intrigue is weaving itself around the Iron King; but his downfall will come from an unexpected quarter. Bent on the persecution of the...
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Rois maudits volume 6
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Scribner
Pub. Date
[1961]
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English
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The ascent of the Valois to the throne of France unleashed The Hundred Years War ... The seed of the huge confrontation has fallen on fertile ground in the economic rivalry, personal ambition, the legal entanglements and historical resentments. Collective fatalities and individual tragic events occur in this sixth volume of the saga of The Accursed Kings.
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HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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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.
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Rois maudits volume 7
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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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 leadership does The Hundred Years War commence, one of the most prolonged and bloody conflicts in history, as England and France tear each other apart....
6) The she-wolf
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Rois maudits volume 5
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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.
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HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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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 succession should be assured, it is far from so, as Louis embarks on an ill-fated war against Flanders. Where his father, Philip IV, was strong, Louis is weak, and the ambitions of his proud, profligate barons threaten his power and the future of a kingdom once ruled...