Title : The Accursed Kings, volume 7 - When a king loses France - 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 , brings the 14th century back to life, 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.
In this seventh and final volume of The Accursed Kings , the reign of John II is recounted. History has nicknamed this king John the Good, but this monarch was, in fact, as vain and cruel as he was indecisive and incapable. France was, at the time, in crisis: clans and factions were fighting over the country, England was claiming the kingdom, taxes were crushing, the plague was wreaking havoc, and the king was making a series of mistakes. We follow, through the story of a high-ranking figure of the time, the evolution of the reign. An unfortunate and bloody epic that would lead the king to the disaster of the Battle of Poitiers where he was taken prisoner by the English.
- EAN: 9782253021971
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