The She Wolf

Name: The She Wolf
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Maurice Druon
ISBN: 9780007543564

Author: Maurice Druon

Series: The Accursed Kings #5

Narrator: Peter Joyce

Unabridged: 13 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 04/10/2014

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

Synopsis

“This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin. Charles IV is now king of France and his sister is Edward II of England’s Queen. Having been imprisoned by Edward as leader of the rebellious English barons, Roger Mortimer escapes to France, where he joins the war against the English Aquitaine. But it is his love affair with Isabella, the ‘She-Wolf of France’, who has come seemingly to negotiate a treaty of peace that seals his fate…

Reviews

Goodreads review by Olethros

-La “maldición” continúa y se siembran las semillas de la Guerra de los Cien Años.- Género. Novela histórica. Lo que nos cuenta. En el libro La loba de Francia (publicación original: La louve de France, 1959), el insurrecto y prisionero Rogelio Mortimer huye de la Torre de Londres y llega a Francia, d......more

Goodreads review by Yair

“La Loba de Francia” es la quinta entrega de la serie de novelas históricas publicadas hace ya 65 años atrás por el escritor francés Maurice Druon titulada “Los Reyes Malditos”, centrada en la maldición que se abatió sobre la dinastía de los Capetos en la Francia del Siglo XIV y las intrigas y suces......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’