6/20/2023 0 Comments The strangled queen maurice druon![]() ![]() ![]() Unlike his father, the newly crowned Louis X proves to be a very weak king and allows himself to be manipulated by his uncle, the Count of Valois, who is engaged in a power struggle with Enguerrand de Marigny, the former king’s chief minister. Philip was the first victim of the curse, but now he is dead and in The Strangled Queen we see how his son, Louis, becomes the next to suffer. Before being sent to burn at the stake, the Grand Master, Jacques de Molay, cursed Philip and his descendants to ‘the thirteenth generation’. In the first book, The Iron King, we saw how Philip IV the Fair of France brought about the destruction of the Knights Templar. Martin’s A Game of Thrones, but be aware that this is not a fantasy series! ![]() The front covers of these new HarperCollins editions tell us that The Accursed Kings inspired George R.R. There are seven novels in the series, all published between 19, telling the story of the monarchs of medieval France. This is the second book in Maurice Druon’s Accursed Kings series ( Les Rois Maudits in French). ![]()
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