Maurice Druon
Author
Series
The Accursed Kings volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013
Description
From the publishers that brought you A Game of Thrones comes the series that inspired George R. R. Martin?s epic work. France became a great nation under Philip the Fair - but it was a greatness achieved at the expense of her people, for his was a reign characterised by violence, the scandalous adulteries of his daughters-in-law, and the triumph of royal authority.
Author
Series
The Accursed Kings volume 4
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2014
Description
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. H
Author
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
2015
Description
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 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...