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The Iron King (The Accursed Kings, Book 1) Maurice Druon
Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Apr 9, 2014 - An even better analogue is Maurice Druon's “Accursed Kings” series, about the lead-up to the Hundred Years' War, which is FINALLY getting re-translated into English. Apr 4, 2014 - Maurice Druon (pictured in 2007); The Iron King is the first book of The Accursed Kings. The last two novels in the series . In seven volumes Druon The first volume in the series is called The Iron King, obviously an inspiration for the Iron Throne. I've read the books in a German translation ages ago, and I'm just rereading them in French (halfway through book 1). Book one is The Iron King, book two is The Strangled Queen and The Poisoned Crown is book three. (The Accursed Kings series is I had not realized till reading this how rare it was for the English throne to pass smoothly from one generation to the next. The first 3 books (The Iron King, The Strangled Queen, The Poisoned Crown) are available now (on Amazon, or on the shelves at B&N) (or of course if you read French you can get the whole series in the original). May 10, 2006 - This is the fifth in Maurice Druon's acclaimed Les Rois Maudits/The Accursed Kings series. Martin wasn't inspired by fantasy novels, but by The Accursed Kings, a French historical fiction series by Maurice Druon. The four preceding volumes are: Le Roi de fer/The Iron King, La Reine étranglée/The Strangled Queen, Les Poisons de la couronne/The Poisoned Crown and La Loi des mâles/The Royal Succession. Apr 30, 2014 - So I wasn't surprised to learn that George R. Apr 4, 2014 - Thankfully, modern English translations of The Accursed Kings series are easy to find.