Marguerite, Queen of Navarre, Louis' wife.The succession of monarchs that follows leads France and England to the Hundred Years' War. Set in the 14th century during the reigns of the last five kings of the direct Capetian dynasty and the first two kings of the House of Valois, the series begins as the French King Philip the Fair, already surrounded by scandal and intrigue, brings a curse upon his family when he persecutes the Knights Templar. Martin called The Accursed Kings "the original game of thrones", citing Druon's novels as an inspiration for his own series A Song of Ice and Fire. Published between 19, the series has been adapted as a miniseries twice for television in France.Īmerican author George R. The Accursed Kings ( French: Les Rois maudits ) is a series of historical novels by French author Maurice Druon about the French monarchy in the 14th century.
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