3.5? I'll start off by admitting that I'm one of those new bandwagon readers of Maurice Druon and that I've only even heard of his work because I'm desperately trying to fill the Westeros-sized hole in my soul that only gets bigger the longer I have to wait on George R.R. Martin to finish with The W...
The Iron King has recently resurged in popularity. When I added this book to my 'to-read' shelf after noticing plenty of these new copies at my local bookstore only a handful of my friends had marked it as to read. Likewise only 20 reviews existed. Now that number has increased by five times the pre...
"During his reign, France was a great country, and the French were the most miserable of all people." George R.R. Martin has apparently called The Accursed Kings, a seven-book historical novel series by Maurice Druon, 'the original game of thrones'. Which pretty much means that soon everyone and t...
Had to stop on this one. Between the writing style and the rampant misogyny right out the gate, I just couldn't. Perhaps this gets into delightful machinations later on, but when the plot is introduced to me as "oh, those terrible bitches, having all that sex. We should stop them." Well, then, n...
George R. R. Martin once wrote in a blog post that if you love his A Song of Ice and Fire series and are looking for "something like it", then you really need to check out The Iron King by Maurice Druon. In the newest edition of the book's foreword, he calls it the "original game of thrones" and cre...
We tend to be overwhelmed in the U.S. by historical fiction about the British Isles, so this glimpse into the royal court of France in the 14th century was a nice change of pace. Also, there's a link to the English throne through Philip the IV's daughter, Isabella, so the Anglophiles out there will ...
Read This Review & More Like It On My Blog!A fascinating look at the events during the reign of France's Philip IV, and which directly led to the Hundred Years War between England and France. A bit dry, but long on detail and intrigue, and with an impressively large cast, The Iron King's influence o...
I hate the word unputdownable. I really do. But I'm going to use it, because that's exactly what The Iron King is: terribly difficult to put down once the cover is cracked. I shouldn't be surprised as the series comes highly recommended by none other than George R. R. Martin himself, and it's easy t...
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