Damned kings. Lily and lion. When the king destroys France

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Creating his cycle about the incredible era that determined the future of beautiful France, Maurice Druon worked painstakingly in the National Archives, examining ancient documents. His grandiose historical cycle "Cursed Kings" ends with the novels "The Lily and the Lion" and "When the King Ruins France" - stories of exorbitant ambition and inevitable collapse. Edward III ascends the throne of England, the son of Isabella of France, who sends his mother's lover Roger Mortimer to the gallows, and removes her from the royal court. But this is only the beginning: at the instigation of Robert Artois, expelled from France for forgery, Edward III claims the French throne - and so begins the Hundred Years War. And in the final novel of the seven-volume saga, the loquacious Cardinal Eli Perigord tells how the strong have fallen: the war is exhausting France, King John II the Good has planned to give the British a decisive battle near Poitiers, and this becomes a disaster for both him and the country. In an atmosphere of palace intrigues, bloody massacres and coups, the descendants of Philip IV the Handsome, once cursed by the Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Jacques de Molay, who ascended the stake, are destroying a previously powerful and rich country.

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Publication language: Russian

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