The reputed french historical novelist maurice druon wrote seven volumes for his medieval series, the accursed kings les rois maudits. His father committed suicide in 1920 and his mother remarried in 1926. Margaret was a member of the ducal house of burgundy, a branch of the capetian dynasty. Martin available for the first time in english, the king without a kingdom is the seventh and final volume of the accursed kings series. Their author, maurice druon, made a good historical research despite being a bit fluffy at some points on the. This is the first book in druons excellent series which deals with the demise of the kapetian dynasty and the initiation of. Martin from the publishers that brought you a game of thrones comes t. Maurice druon doesnt make the mistake of romanticizing history. The iron king is the pellucid tale of phillip the fair, who found france fractured like a medieval humpty dumpty and set about putting it back together again. Les rois maudits is a series of historical novels by french author maurice druon about the french monarchy in the 14th century. The original game of thrones maurice druons accursed kings series traces the fortunes of the doomed capet dynasty. He is the nephew of the writer joseph kessel, with whom he wrote the chant des partisans, which, with music composed by. She was the eldest daughter of robert ii, duke of burgundy 12486 and agnes of france 126027, the youngest daughter of louis ix of france and margaret of provence in 5, margaret married her first cousin once removed, louis i, king of navarre, who in november 14 ascended to the. So much historical fiction today is thinly disguised romance the recent novels of sharon penman spring to mind.
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