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The Accursed Kings. The Iron King. The Prisoner of Chateau Gaillard. The Poison and the Crown

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"A curse on your family to the thirteenth knee!" - throws from the flames of the bonfire Grand Master of the Order of Templars Jacques de Molay in the face of King Philip IV the Beautiful of France. This fiery prophecy will come true: from 1314 more than half a century kings will succeed each other on the throne, but no one will not stay for long. Palace intrigue, sudden deaths, dynastic coups and bloody wars will accompany this grim procession of cursed kings. Creating his cycle about the incredible era that determined the future of beautiful France, Maurice Druon painstakingly worked in the National Archives, researching ancient documents. "The Accursed Kings," this unique series of grand historical frescoes, later inspired George R. R. R. R. Martin, a great admirer of Drewon, while working on "A Song of Ice and Fire." In the first three novels of the cycle, the king's daughters-in-law are accused of infidelity, one king dies, then another, rebellious barons sow turmoil in the provinces, officials plunder the state treasury, the country is famine. Personal rivalry, court intrigues, the inevitable in politics mud - or, perhaps, all these blows of fate and really just the consequences of the curse ...?
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