The King Without a Kingdom (The Accursed Kings, Book 7)
By (Author) Maurice Druon
Book 7
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
25th May 2015
21st May 2015
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
843.914
Paperback
368
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 23mm
300g
This was the original GAME OF THRONES George R.R. Martin
Available for the first time in English, THE KING WITHOUT A KINGDOM is the seventh and final volume of The Accursed Kings series.
The reign of the Capetian kings has ended and John II, The Good, takes the throne.
Under the leadership of this vain, cruel, incompetent monarch The Hundred Years War escalates and England and France begin to tear each other apart. Warring factions plunder the land, famine threatens the people and the Black Death spreads far and wide. France is bleeding to death around the new king
Iron kings and strangled queens, battles and betrayals, lies and lust, the curse of the Templars, the doom of a great dynasty and all of it (well, most of it) straight from the pages of history, and believe me, the Starks and the Lannisters have nothing on the Capets and Plantagenets. Whether you are a history buff or a fantasy fan, Druon's epic will keep you turning pages. This was the original game of thrones
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
Blood-curdling tale of intrigue, murder, corruption and sexual passion
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Barbaric, sensual, teeming with life, based in wide reading and sound scholarshipamong the best historical novels TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
Maurice Druon was a French resistance hero, a Knight of the British Empire and a holder of the Grand Croix de la Lgion d'Honneur. He was also a member of the Acadmie Franaise and a celebrated novelist, best known for his series of seven historical novels under the title of The Accursed Kings, which were twice adapted for television. A passionate Anglophile, he was a great expert on all things English, including its medieval history, which provides great inspiration for the series. His many and diverse fans include George RR Martin, Nicolas Sarkozy and Vladimir Putin.