Maurice Druon
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 254 pages Rating: 4.17 | 6299 Users | 309 Reviews
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| Title | : | Les Poisons de la couronne (The Accursed Kings #3) |
| Author | : | Maurice Druon |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 254 pages |
| Published | : | May 22nd 1973 by LGF (first published 1956) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. France |
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Les Poisons de la couronne ressuscite, presque jour par jour, les intrigues, les haines et les crimes du règne de Louis X le Hutin, qui ne dura que dix-huit mois, mais dont les conséquences devaient être capitales pour la monarchie française.Lorsqu'il meurt empoisonné, en juin 1316, c'est la première fois depuis plus de trois siècles qu'un roi de France décède sans laisser un héritier mâle.
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| Original Title: | Les poisons de la couronne |
| ISBN: | 2253004049 (ISBN13: 9782253004042) |
| Edition Language: | French |
| Series: | The Accursed Kings #3 |
| Characters: | Louis X of France, Charles IV of France, Jeanne II of Burgundy, queen of France, Mahaut d'Artois, Robert d'Artois, Philippe V of France, Charles, count of Valois, Clémence d'Anjou, queen of France |
| Setting: | France |
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Ratings: 4.17 From 6299 Users | 309 ReviewsCriticize Based On Books Les Poisons de la couronne (The Accursed Kings #3)
(view spoiler)[ Bettie's Books (hide spoiler)]I didn't think I would ever finish this book. It was almost as awful as The Hutin himself.
REVIEW: THE POISONED CROWN (LES POISONS DE LA COURONNE) eBook edition, English translation read GENRE: Historical fiction.SETTING: Early 14th-century France, during the latter days of King Louis X's short reign.PROTAGONIST: No singular protagonist; instead, there are many different PoV characters.PERSPECTIVE: Third-person.PREMISE: Having rid himself of his father's ministers, the ill-tempered King Louis X proceeds to concentrate upon his own legacy, taking it upon himself to wage war upon
Fantastic. It really picked up towards the end and thank God these books are so short.
3.75 stars.I enjoyed it slightly less than the first two books, but it remains a fully enjoyable read, and I am very curious to read the next novel in the series.
Druon spins new mystery in there third instalment of The Accursed Kings. With Louis X on the throne, France has started to see his own personal imprint. The reader will remember that Louis faced a marital and queenly dilemma, when his wife was jailed for her adulterous ways. Luckily, a deal could be brokered that saw Clémence of Hungary as a possible new wife, young enough to produce a male heir and not yet spoken for, but coming from a distant branch of Louis' own family. On her journey from
An excellent historical fiction about the struggle for the French crown. Philliph the Fair is dead. His son, Louis X the Hutin (Hutin can be read as "Quarller, Headstrong or Stubborn" in French), now rules. His first wife, Marguerite of Burgundy, has been killed while in prison for adultery. This was done because there is no Pope. This story takes place during the time of the Avignon Papacy where the Papal throne had moved to Avignon. Thus without an elected Pope there can be no annulment of the
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