The Strangled Queen, Maurice Druon
The Strangled Queen, Maurice Druon
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The Strangled Queen

Author: Maurice Druon

Narrator: Peter Joyce

Unabridged: 8 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 04/11/2013


Synopsis

“This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin. The King is dead. Long live the King. With King Philip IV dead, and the Kingdom left in disarray, as the fatal curse of the Templars plagues the royal house of France. Imprisoned in Chateau Gaillard, Marguerite of Burgundy has fallen into disgrace. Her infidelity has left her estranged husband, Louis X King of France, with neither heir nor wife. The web of scandal, murder and intrigue that once wove itself around the Iron King continues to afflict his descendants, as the destruction of his dynasty continues at the hands of fate.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Justo on April 15, 2023

En realidad 3.5 Estrellas Como alguien me ha comentado cuando me apunté el libro, parece una obra de transición, por lo que espero que los siguientes tengan un poco más de enjundia. Tras la muerte de Felipe iV "El hermoso", sube al trono el primero de sus hijos, con el nombre de Luis X y apodado "El o......more

Goodreads review by Sergio Ferenczy on April 24, 2025

4,5 ⭐ ¡Cómo me está gustando esta serie!. En un principio no quería leerme los siete libros muy seguidos para no empacharme demasiado, dejar pasar tiempo entre ellos, pero vaya, me temo que va a ser lo contrario, el nivel de disfrute invita a devorarlos. La Reina Estrangulada continua en el mismo punt......more

Goodreads review by Libros Prestados on December 15, 2019

Aquí mi videoreseña: [URL not allowed] Seguimos con la Canción de Hielo y Fuego original pero sin dragones. Más salseos históricos, con conspiraciones y ambiciones y el dinero, el cochino dinero, que es al final lo que se impone a todo. Estamos ya en el reinado de Luis X, que a todas luces......more

Goodreads review by Victoria on January 30, 2016

4,5/5 Encore une fois écouté en livre audio, j'ai adoré suivre la suite des intrigues politiques et amoureuses de ces personnages historiques !......more

Goodreads review by Caleb on August 23, 2023

Not as entertaining as the first book but still entertaining. This one is more political and probably more filler to link books one and three (this is a guess as of this review). I still enjoy the characters and the political intrigue that drives these nobles to have such passionate hatred towards o......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’