The original game of thrones maurice druons accursed kings series traces the fortunes of the doomed capet dynasty. Between 1955 and 1977, maurice druon wrote les rois maudits, a sequence of seven historical novels about the french monarchy in the 14th century. His father committed suicide in 1920 and his mother remarried in 1926. 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. Afficher les profils des personnes qui sappellent philippe druon. Published between 1955 and 1977, the series has been adapted as a miniseries twice for television in france.
Their author, maurice druon, made a good historical research despite being a bit fluffy at some points on the. Inscrivezvous sur facebook pour communiquer avec philippe druon et dautres personnes. The iron king the accursed kings, book 1 rakuten kobo. The reputed french historical novelist maurice druon wrote seven volumes for his medieval series, the accursed kings les rois maudits. Martin has acknowledged the series as an inspiration for his game of thrones epic.
Read the iron king the accursed kings, book 1 by maurice druon available from rakuten kobo. Margaret was a member of the ducal house of burgundy, a branch of the capetian dynasty. So much historical fiction today is thinly disguised romance the recent novels of sharon penman spring to mind. 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. Maurice druon doesnt make the mistake of romanticizing history. Breaking free on many levels at eighteen, he left home for paris where he studied ballet and soon. This is the first book in druons excellent series which deals with the demise of the kapetian dynasty and the initiation of. Explore books by maurice druon with our selection at. Les rois maudits is a series of historical novels by french author maurice druon about the french monarchy in the 14th century. Martin available for the first time in english, the king without a kingdom is the seventh and final volume of the accursed kings series. Martin from the publishers that brought you a game of thrones comes t. He is the nephew of the writer joseph kessel, with whom he wrote the chant des partisans, which, with music composed by.
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