The Iron King (The Accursed Kings, #1)
by:
Maurice Druon (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780007491254 (0007491255)
Publish date: January 1st 2013
Publisher: HarperVoyager AU
Pages no: 356
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Novels,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Medieval,
War,
France,
French Literature
Series: Les Rois maudits (#1)
I found this novel to be a little disappointing. It seems to come so highly recommended by people who have similar reading tastes and habits to mine. There was very little action for a novel that is said to have inspired Game of Thrones. This first novel seems to be more of a scene setter than anyth...
I found this novel to be a little disappointing. It seems to come so highly recommended by people who have similar reading tastes and habits to mine. There was very little action for a novel that is said to have inspired Game of Thrones. This first novel seems to be more of a scene setter than anyth...
Reseña en español de El Rey de Hierro en mi blog: Click aquíThe Iron King is the first book of a series that George R.R Martin calls "the original Game of Thrones". The book describes the reign of Philip IV of France from the fall of the Templar Order until the day of his death. Philip is accursed b...
Apparently this series partly inspired Game of Thrones, and one can see why Martin is drawn to it, though this first volume seems to resemble Showtime’s Tudors and Borgias series as well. There is pretty of adultery happening, and nice revenge being plotted. The women characters are rather two dimen...
As historical fiction goes, more emphasis is placed on the history here, a compelling enough story on its own without some of the padded writing that can afflict a lot of the genre. Yes, the prose is workmanlike, but Druon is foremost an historian interested in painting the background of France c. 1...
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