This bundle collects the first three novels of The Accursed Kings: THE IRON KING, THE STRANGLED QUEEN and THE POISONED CROWN. VERDICT Seasoned with sex, betrayal, brutal warfare, cold pragmatic calculating, and curses from the lips of martyrs dying at the stake, this tale cuts a memorable swath through the reader's imagination. Bent on the persecution of the rich and powerful Knights Templar, Philip sentences Grand Master Jacques Molay to be burned at the stake, thus drawing down upon himself a curse that will destroy his entire dynasty. The Accursed Kings Series in Order (7 Books) 1, The Iron King/The Ardent Infidels, Jan-1956 2, The Strangled Queen, Mar-1988 3, The Poisoned Crown, Jan-2014. The Iron King can be only as strong as those who serve him, after all. A web of scandal, murder and intrigue is weaving itself around the Iron King but his downfall will come from an unexpected quarter. This is the first book in The Accursed Kings series of French historical novels written in the 1950s by noted Academie francaise member Maurice Druon, and cited. He governs his realm with an iron hand, but he cannot rule his own family: his sons are weak and their wives adulterous while his red-blooded daughter Isabella is unhappily married to an English king who prefers the company of men.
"Accursed! Accursed! You shall be accursed to the thirteenth generation!" The Iron King – Philip the Fair – is as cold and silent, as handsome and unblinking as a statue. A collection of the first three books in Maurice Druon's epic historical fiction series, The Accursed Kings. "This is the original Game of Thrones." George R.R.
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