The Poisoned Crown

Name: The Poisoned Crown
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Maurice Druon
ISBN: 9780007527380

Author: Maurice Druon

Series: The Accursed Kings #3

Narrator: Peter Joyce

Unabridged: 8 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 09/26/2013

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Military Fiction, Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Suspense & Thriller, Political

Synopsis

“This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin. The puny, self-impotent Louis X, having caused his first wife to be murdered and his mistress exiled, becomes besotted with the lovely Clemence, his new Queen. Vacillating between self-pity and vainglory he is caught between the vaulting ambitions of proud, profligate barons…

Reviews

Goodreads review by Justo on May 15, 2023

3.5/5 Estrellas La maldición de los capetos avanza. Menos de un año después de ascender al trono, Luis X "El Obstinado", hijo mayor de Felipe "El Hermoso", fallece en extrañas circunstancias. La sospecha del veneno planea sobre la corte. Tras más de 300 años, un rey francés muere sin descendencia masc......more

Goodreads review by Gabrielle on July 21, 2017

Ah, Mahaut of Artois! I’ll never understand why you are not better known as one of the greatest villains of literature! You will stop at nothing to defeat your nephew Robert and put your own lineage closer to the throne of France. Plotting, murder, witchcraft, nothing is too extreme for you! I am suc......more

Quotes

‘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’ ‘Barbaric, sensual, teeming with life, based in wide reading and sound scholarship…among the best historical novels’