The Iron King

The Iron King
Maurice Druon

‘This is the original game of thrones’ George R.R. MartinFrom 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.

THE IRON

KING

Book One of The Accursed Kings

Maurice Druon

Translated from French by

Humphrey Hare

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First published in Great Britain by Rupert Hart-Davis 1956

Century edition 1985

Arrow edition 1987

Published by HarperVoyager

An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2013

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Copyright © Maurice Druon 1955

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Source ISBN: 9780007491254

Ebook Edition © 2013 ISBN: 9780007520930

Version: 2016-10-31

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Contents

Title Page (#u3811f5c0-6af5-5747-8270-27ad3458c2cb)

Copyright (#u6ca72855-48c8-52f0-bd0e-83e9065ac6cd)

Epigraph (#u8fa5471d-6424-5897-872d-701f8696e27e)

Foreword: George R.R. Martin (#u18952973-f991-5239-8a4b-9556dea9af3a)

The Characters in this Book (#u17f979e7-21e7-51bb-962f-e4462ab66dac)

Map (#u16817f63-d58f-59ae-a8cc-a16323e2ca6c)

Family Tree (#ucd8b7108-b092-5430-afd7-e6612afbe12b)

The Iron King (#ud21eb3a4-714a-5e33-807b-ef0915ecb9a9)

Prologue (#u7eb77669-1328-5ed3-ad82-f841b873ff84)

Part One: A Curse (#u37d86dd6-e3d4-56e9-b5d9-d32c502b4f9c)

1. The Loveless Queen (#u76223ac2-e903-5e54-abcd-18c1ad5839e5)

2. The Prisoners in the Temple (#uf72a2d14-0b95-5fb5-9b2f-c841d4514e31)

3. The Royal Daughters-in-law (#u3c77540d-ef25-53b8-b576-7867096e1163)

4. At the Great Door of Notre-Dame (#u6a2724a4-91a2-53c6-940c-a3db234c714c)

5. Marguerite of Burgundy, Queen of Navarre (#u5b24c7d7-fd27-5a99-a6a5-f0fac998aa86)

6. What Happened at the King’s Council (#litres_trial_promo)

7. The Tower of Love (#litres_trial_promo)

8. ‘I summon to the Tribunal of Heaven …’ (#litres_trial_promo)

9. The Cut-throats (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Two: The Adulterous Princesses (#litres_trial_promo)