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  • The Poisoned Crown

  • The Accursed Kings, Book 3
  • By: Maurice Druon
  • Narrated by: Peter Joyce
  • Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (61 ratings)

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By: Maurice Druon
Narrated by: Peter Joyce
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Summary

“This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin.

The puny, self-impotent Louis X, having caused his first wife to be murdered and his mistress exiled, becomes besotted with the lovely Clemence, his new Queen. Vacillating between self-pity and vainglory he is caught between the vaulting ambitions of proud, profligate barons…
©1956 Maurice Druon (P)2013 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Fiction Historical Medieval Military Political Thriller & Suspense War & Military Fantasy War Royalty
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Critic reviews

‘Iron kings and strangled queens, battles and betrayals, lies and lust, the curse of the Templars, the doom of a great dynasty – and all of it (well, most of it) straight from the pages of history, and believe me, the Starks and the Lannisters have nothing on the Capets and Plantagenets. Whether you are a history buff or a fantasy fan, Druon's epic will keep you turning pages. This was the original game of thrones’
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN

‘Blood-curdling tale of intrigue, murder, corruption and sexual passion’
SUNDAY TIMES

‘Barbaric, sensual, teeming with life, based in wide reading and sound scholarship…among the best historical novels’ TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

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loved it. can't wait to start new chapter.
and here comes 20 words. i can't write such a long reviews.

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