Title : The Accursed Kings, Volume 1 - The Iron King - Maurice Druon - Book
Summary :
The Accursed Kings , a famous historical fresco in seven volumes:
1. The Iron King. 2. The Strangled Queen . 3. The Poisons of the Crown. 4. The Law of Males . 5. The She-Wolf of France . 6. The Lily and the Lion. 7. When a King Loses France , bring to life the 14th century, between the trial of the Templars and the beginnings of the Hundred Years' War. Translated throughout the world, The Accursed Kings has achieved exceptional success and is considered one of the contemporary models of the historical novel.
The Iron King , the first volume of the cycle, has as its central figure Philip IV the Fair, a king of legendary beauty who ruled France as absolute master. Everything had to bow, yield, or break before royal authority. But the national idea resided in the head of this calm and cruel prince for whom reasons of state dominated all others.
Under his reign, France was great and the French were unhappy.
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