Maurice Druon ha sabido narrar como ningún otro las historias secretas, las pasiones y las debilidades de ese periodo turbio de la historia de Europa en este tercer volumen de la saga «Los Reyes Malditos».
Los venenos de la corona resucita los conflictos, odios, intrigas y crímenes que plagaron el reinado de dieciocho meses de Luis X.
El desgraciado destino de la hermosa Clemencia de Hungría, llamada a ser reina de Francia y repentinamente viuda; los destinos truncados del joven lombardo Guccio Baglioni y de María Cressay, cuyos amores debieron enfrentarse a las prohibiciones sociales; los destinos violentos de la condesa Mahaut de Artois y de su sobrino Roberto, separados por un odio acérrimo, y, por fin, el trágico destino del rey Luis X, que en pocos meses lleva la obra del Rey de Hierro al borde de su destrucción.
En Junio de 1316, el rey muere envenenado. Es la primera vez en tres siglos que un monarca de Francia fallece sin dejar heredero varón.
Maurice Druon ha sabido narrar como ningún otro las historias secretas, las pasiones y las debilidades de ese periodo turbio de la historia de Europa en este segundo volumen de la serie «Los Reyes Malditos».
Francia, siglo XIV. La maldición que el gran maestre de los templarios lanzara a la cara del rey Felipe el Hermnoso parece haberse hecho realidad.
Intrigas palaciegas, batallas entre dinastías y guerras desastrosas se suceden y llevan a la corte, a los prelados, a los jueces, a los banqueros y hasta al propio rey a una situación desesperada.
Todo ello será preámbulo de un crimen...
Un periodo turbio de la historia y, al mismo tiempo, una época extraordinaria...
Maurice Druon ha sabido narrar como ningún otro las historias secretas, las pasiones y debilidades de ese periodo. Ahora puedes escucharlo
« ¡Todos malditos, hasta la séptima generación! »
Ésa es la terrible maldición que el jefe de los templarios, desde las llamas de la hoguera, lanza a la cara de Felipe el Hermoso, rey de Francia.
Corre el año 1314 y la profecía parece haberse hecho realidad: durante más de medio siglo, los reyes se suceden en el trono de Francia, pero nunca duran mucho tiempo.
De las intrigas palaciegas a las muertes súbitas e inexplicables, de las batallas entre las dinastías a las guerras desastrosas, todo parece fatalmente regido por el sino de los Reyes Malditos.
El futuro de Europa está en juego durante esos años negros.
Tistou ist der Sohn eines reichen Wa? enfabrikanten. Wenn er groß ist, wird er die Fabrik erben. Aber Tistou ist ganz anders als andere Kinder. Aus der Schule hat man ihn gleich wieder nach Hause geschickt, nun soll der Gärtner den Unterricht übernehmen. Doch da entdeckt Tistou etwas Sonderbares: Er hat grüne Daumen! Was er mit ihnen berührt, verwandelt sich in grüne Pflanzen. Tistou kann die ganze Welt verändern, und er tut es!
'This was the original GAME OF THRONES' George R.R. MartinAvailable for the first time in English, THE KING WITHOUT A KINGDOM is the seventh and final volume of The Accursed Kings series.The reign of the Capetian kings has ended and John II, 'The Good', second of the Valois dynasty, has taken the throne.Under his leadership the Hundred Years War, one of the longest and bloodiest conflicts in history, escalates and England and France begin to tear each other apart.Cardinal Périgord, narrating the drama, shows us a monarch as vain and cruel as he is incompetent. Under his turbulent reign, warring factions plunder the land, famine threatens the people and the Black Death spreads far and wide. France is bleeding to death around the new king.
"This is the original Game of Thrones." George R.R. Martin.The royal house of France has fallen. Charles IV is dead, fulfilling the curse of the Templars once and for all. This leaves the path to the throne open for Robert of Artois to place his cousin, Philippe of Valois, upon it. Having committed fraud, perjury and murder in the name of the new king, Robert expects to receive a title and his full reward.But the days of betrayal are far from over and Robert is banished to England. In the land of France's enemies vengeance sparks fresh conflict as King Edward III and his new ally prepare for war. As swords are sharpened the lion wakes and a pretender threatens France once more ...
"This is the original Game of Thrones." George R.R. Martin.Charles IV is now king of France and his sister is Edward II of England's Queen. Having been imprisoned by Edward as leader of the rebellious English barons, Roger Mortimer escapes to France, where he joins the war against the English Aquitaine. But it is his love affair with Isabella, the 'She-Wolf of France', who has come seemingly to negotiate a treaty of peace that seals his fate...
"This is the original Game of Thrones." George R.R. Martin.'No woman shall succeed in Salique land'Louis X is dead, poisoned, murdered, by the hand of Mahaut d'Artois. Her plan is simple - to clear the path to the throne for her son-in-law Philippe. However, there is the small matter of Queen Clemence and her unborn child.As the country is thrown into turmoil, Philippe of Poitiers must use any means necessary to save his country from anarchy. However, how far is he willing to go to clear his path to the throne and become King in his own right?
"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...
"This is the original Game of Thrones." George R.R. Martin.The King is dead. Long live the King.With King Philip IV dead, and the Kingdom left in disarray, as the fatal curse of the Templars plagues the royal house of France.Imprisoned in Chateau Gaillard, Marguerite of Burgundy has fallen into disgrace. Her infidelity has left her estranged husband, Louis X King of France, with neither heir nor wife.The web of scandal, murder and intrigue that once wove itself around the Iron King continues to afflict his descendants, as the destruction of his dynasty continues at the hands of fate.
'This is the original game of thrones'
- George R.R. Martin
From the publishers that brought you A Game of Thrones comes the series that inspired George R.R. Martin's epic work. France became a great nation under Philip the Fair - but it was a greatness achieved at the expense of her people, for his was a reign characterised by violence, the scandalous adulteries of his daughters-in-law, and the triumph of royal authority.
