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La Reine Étranglée (Les Rois Maudits, Tome 2)
La Reine Étranglée (Les Rois Maudits, Tome 2) | Maurice Druon
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Les Rois maudits, célèbre fresque historique en sept volumes: 1. Le Roi de fer. 2. La Reine étranglée. 3. Les Poisons de la Couronne.4. La Loi des mâles. 5. La Louve de France. 6. Le Lis et le Lion.7. Quand un roi perd la France, font revivre le xive siècle, entrele procès des Templiers et les débuts de la guerre de Cent Ans. Traduits dans le monde entier, Les Rois maudits ont remporté un succès exceptionnel et sont considérés comme un des modèles contemporains du roman historique.Faisant suite au Roi de fer, La Reine étranglée commence au lendemain mème de la mort de Philippe le Bel. Un prince de faible caractère, Louis X le Hutin, dont l'épouse, Marguerite de Bourgogne, est emprisonnée pour adultère, succède à un monarque exceptionnel.Tandis que la Chrétienté attend un pape et que le peuple meurt de faim, les rivalités, les intrigues, les complots vont déchirer la cour de France et conduire barons, prélats, banquiers, et le roi lui-mème, au fond d'une impasse dont ils ne pourront sortir que par le crime.
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rabbitprincess
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I liked the second volume of the Rois maudits series, but slightly less than the first one. I am prepared to chalk it up to pandemic brain, though, because once I got a bit of reading mojo back late this week, I perked right back up. The title scene is chilling, and the end sets up the action of the next book nicely without being a cliffhanger per se. Onward!

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rabbitprincess
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Yay, my new Maurice Druons are here! Going to add book 2 to the on-deck pile right away 🤓 I love how not-enormous they are 🤪

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rabbitprincess
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I'm missing volumes 2, 3, and 4 of the Rois maudits series. So I decided to support my local indie and order them online. They appear to be similar editions to the ones I found secondhand, so they will at least sort of match.

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Andrew65
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This was the 💯th book I read this year, which I finished on 31st May. This is the series that George R R Martin called the original Game of Thrones. Due to his pushing of the series all the books have now been translated into English - a great series. #emjoinov

Gezemice I love this series! Read it a long time ago - way before Martin wrote anything. I loved it. 7y
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Andrew65
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Finished this quick read, which is book 2 in the series. This one was much quicker to get into as I already knew. All the characters from book 1 - which helps. Another very enjoyable read and demonstrated how far people can fall in the changing of a King! Also demonstrated how little decisions can drastically change the outcome. On to book 3!
Hopefully will get one more book finished before the end of May.

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Have now started the second book in the Accursed Kings series by Maurice Druon. This starts up from where the last one finished off, I'm not sure the new King is up to the job! Such machinations in the background! Who'd be King!

Melissa_J Yay! You'll pass me soon as I've only read the first two 😉 8y
Andrew65 @Melissa_J This one is quite a short one too, already approaching halfway. Good to read them close together whilst you remember the characters. 😳 8y
writerlibrarian This series. Fell in love with Robert D'Artois and never looked back. Read these in my teens after seeing the French series filmed like live theater. No Louis X is not a good King. (edited) 8y
Andrew65 @writerlibrarian Glad not alone in this. I think we could see even when Phillip the Fair was alive that Louis was going to be a very weak king, not even a honeymoon period! 8y
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I almost burst out laughing in the subway earlier when I read this 😆

Gezemice love this series! 9y
eclecticreading @Gezemice Can't wait to read the rest of the books at some point! 😄 9y
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