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The Accursed Kings Series Books 1-3: The Iron King, The Strangled Queen, The Poisoned Crown
Maurice Druon
“This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin.A collection of the first three books in Maurice Druon’s epic historical fiction series, The Accursed Kings.“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. 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.A web of scandal, murder and intrigue is weaving itself around the Iron King; but his downfall will come from an unexpected quarter. 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…This bundle collects the first three novels of The Accursed Kings: THE IRON KING, THE STRANGLED QUEEN and THE POISONED CROWN.
THE
ACCURSED
KINGS
SERIES
BOOKS 1-3
MAURICE DRUON
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The Iron King
First published in Great Britain by Rupert Hart-Davis 1956
Century edition 1985
Arrow edition 1987
Copyright © Maurice Druon 1955
Cover Layout Design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2013
The Strangled Queen
First published in Great Britain by Rupert Hart-Davis 1956
Century edition 1985
Arrow edition 1987
Copyright © Maurice Druon 1955
Cover Layout Design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2013
The Poisoned Crown
First published in Great Britain by Rupert Hart-Davis 1957
Pan edition 1970
Arrow edition 1988
Copyright © Maurice Druon 1957
Cover Layout Design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2013
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Source ISBNs:
The Iron King: 9780007491254
The Strangled Queen: 9780007491278
The Poisoned Crown: 9780007491308
Bundle Edition (Containing The Iron King, The Strangled Queen and The Poisoned Crown) © January 2015 ISBN: 9780008117559
Version: 2014-12-05
Contents
Cover (#u7ccd7f79-b118-59e5-ad71-a55b2cfe9776)
Title Page (#u32154d19-8483-5034-9f07-e5a3e359b10a)
Copyright
The Iron King (#uc2653750-e2e6-53e7-8ba7-4aa19a6a7735)
The Strangled Queen (#u2222f39e-bea3-544f-817b-000722ec9059)
The Poisoned Crown (#ueec14f0d-7203-57e1-8e56-728b6587c58f)
The Royal Succession (#u1c6a38db-7409-5bec-bebb-e805068d7503)
Also by Maurice Druon
About the Publisher
‘History is a novel that has been lived’
E. & J. DE GONCOURT
Contents
Cover (#uc2653750-e2e6-53e7-8ba7-4aa19a6a7735)
Title Page (#uf602a19a-3828-5f26-a12c-94b404141a1b)
Epigraph (#uccfc096a-455d-53bb-826c-b7e708cb8fc5)
Foreword: George R.R. Martin (#u9bc65126-cae9-593a-840d-98973e7eb959)
The Characters in this Book (#u75db3fb4-b8fe-5b86-865c-6d2ec61b2ab7)
Map (#u8c37f12e-cfae-5d0e-8c4a-663b547e0098)
Family Tree (#u879e1a8a-5da3-5c18-9d50-71b88891c983)
The Iron King (#u73208d6b-e15e-5808-ab4a-908be1663e96)
Prologue (#u99978aa5-1004-53fd-857f-615b2cee06b3)
Part One: A Curse (#uc5bf632f-01f2-5891-aa0a-99a7703ef765)
1. The Loveless Queen (#uddcd6ec4-2ff0-5aea-aa42-8a7d3c33799c)
2. The Prisoners in the Temple (#u96516420-cde5-5aeb-b383-bbd97888c21a)
3. The Royal Daughters-in-law (#uab8702a5-5ba0-5f18-98ec-97ce95e0614d)
4. At the Great Door of Notre-Dame (#u982fddd5-8cb0-5d10-8cc6-773d3e866b72)
5. Marguerite of Burgundy, Queen of Navarre (#u63a48279-4f8b-523a-8141-d3f073aa0994)
6. What Happened at the King’s Council (#u13aff61c-4b90-5bdf-aae6-dbd440e49108)
7. The Tower of Love (#u938ebe1a-b360-5bd1-a274-441982ec0b6c)
8. ‘I summon to the Tribunal of Heaven …’ (#u37eb2261-c8bd-54e9-9fb4-380bd74fc58f)
9. The Cut-throats (#u0d00c34e-aa5a-53bc-876a-bb337d34d078)
Part Two: The Adulterous Princesses (#u751f9e38-7401-52ff-8a78-18a4ba5b3339)
1. The Tolomei Bank (#u85a1a8c2-86d1-5221-86d3-6049226c2889)
2. The Road to London (#ufa7c4ecc-8745-582c-88b6-f7e7e9a7e081)
3. At Westminster (#u54f72f80-07a7-5ea4-adb2-c01453c2ae75)
4. The Debt (#u238b3aa4-2c4a-5438-962b-0c7d9a3a4a48)
5. The Road to Neauphle (#u0c79ee5a-431e-5caa-87a6-fe4a01b4351f)
6. The Road to Clermont (#ufc8013aa-a1a7-571e-92a7-283a175daee9)
7. Like Father, Like Daughter (#ue8be9db9-6c1e-5f4f-bea8-54cc06249b14)
8. Mahaut of Burgundy (#ue44f4424-7ee9-5e75-b196-d13edd335ca4)
9. The Blood Royal (#ubc8ad7fd-cc8a-57bf-be40-8c9f8062e75a)
10. The Judgment (#u502256f2-8c2f-5d5f-9811-b9cba207aa67)
11. The Place du Martrai (#u08ce8b29-375d-5d06-8e0e-cfea13ffc025)
12. The Horseman in the Dusk (#u70204d2f-819e-50ff-8a0f-d5420050f612)
Part Three: The Hand of God (#u28ab3ddd-d6f3-5bf6-ab29-02fe8dd69264)
1. The Rue des Bourdonnais (#u2d241a49-68f5-5a3a-ace1-c62cee782ad3)
2. The Tribunal of the Shadows (#u92abddc3-9858-5b48-abc3-a04670f5dada)
3. The Documents of a Reign (#u4a0bd748-d363-5ce1-8687-ea52ea15bc58)
4. The King’s Summer (#u379fddae-5e81-5ddf-a798-0ad17ea52612)
5. Power and Money (#ue2efaa06-79f1-5365-991d-3fbde10896f1)
6. Tolomei Wins (#u9a286ab4-aa28-510e-976c-27b40bf33631)
7. Guccio’s Secrets (#u8d936808-ce57-5f90-98f9-c41cc32d5ffd)
8. The Meet at Pont-Sainte-Maxence (#u82a75a2d-f2a6-50d4-a1f1-6b9d9fe8528b)
9. A Great Shadow over the Kingdom (#u262e70cb-2ce7-5085-a3f7-0bcbc5abd15c)
Footnote (#u505efc33-9190-5412-baf7-5d188b4c674a)
Author’s Acknowledgements (#u9638e45b-85df-590a-b221-77a3629caedb)
Historical Notes (#u2922fe86-a925-59bc-8a39-b7e13141f08e)
Foreword (#ulink_c5660e67-7161-594a-9c6f-317a99cc81ff)
