ISABELLA, Queen of England, aged 22, wife of King Edward II. MONSEIGNEUR LOUIS, Count of Evreux, about 40 years old. MONSEIGNEUR CHARLES, Count of Valois, Titular Emperor of Constantinople, Count of Romagna, aged 44. PHILIP IV, called Philip the Fair, aged 46, grandson of Saint Louis. If you like A Song of Ice and Fire, you will love The Accursed Kings. Whether you’re a history buff or a fantasy fan, Druon’s epic will keep you turning pages. And believe me, the Starks and the Lannisters have nothing on the Capets and Plantagenets. Iron kings and strangled queens, battles and betrayals, lies and lust, deception, family rivalries, the curse of the Templars, babies switched at birth, she-wolves, sin, and swords, the doom of a great dynasty … and all of it (well, most of it) straight from the pages of history. Very frustrating for English-speaking Druon fans like me.
The series has twice been made into a television series in France, and both versions are available on DVD … but only in French, undubbed, and without English subtitles. Costain, Mika Waltari, Howard Pyle … and Maurice Druon, the amazing French writer who gave us the The Accursed Kings, seven splendid novels that chronicle the downfall of the Capetian kings and the beginnings of the Hundred Years War.ĭruon’s novels have not been easy to find, especially in English translation (and the seventh and final volume was never translated into English at all). My own series draws on both traditions … and while I undoubtedly drew much of my inspiration from Tolkien, Vance, Howard, and the other fantasists who came before me, A Game of Thrones and its sequels were also influenced by the works of great historical novelists like Thomas B.
I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth. Over the years, more than one reviewer has described my fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, as historical fiction about history that never happened, flavoured with a dash of sorcery and spiced with dragons. Marguerite of Burgundy, Queen of NavarreĨ.
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