The Royal Succession

The Royal Succession
Maurice Druon

“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?

‘History is a novel that has been lived’

E. & J. DE GONCOURT

‘It is terrifying to think how much research is needed to determine the truth of even the most unimportant fact’

STENDHAL

Contents

Cover (#u9c56887f-8a04-5a9c-a7d6-32d01afc86ee)

Title Page (#u35511a78-3288-56ee-be72-5078e04dc291)

Epigraph (#ua40111af-e154-5f0d-8177-f70dffb225eb)

Foreword (#u1ead44f2-5474-5df9-87e7-6559326f01ab)

The Characters in this Book (#u9cd06467-e161-56a3-a80c-008211c3bb6c)

Family Tree (#u33d534cc-ea2c-5843-909a-4fd00305e59d)

The Royal Succession (#u34714945-2e10-54b0-8f6a-b4e93b90a3fc)

Prologue (#u9d20f1b7-b785-5d45-8ed0-9bed42dd8d2b)

Part One: Philippe and the Closed Gates (#u0b32f36a-6173-5a04-98b7-f4e71d0e3962)

1. The White Queen (#u89067bda-95ce-5a61-9f7a-61281f056c66)

2. The Cardinal who Did not Believe in Hell (#ub82e6dc4-0a1e-5569-8c9c-94f1a9298bde)

3. The Gates of Lyons (#uf5665ce1-cff5-58dd-8dd4-525cc5036d64)

4. Let us Dry our Tears (#u3103289f-2f3a-5595-81a6-124bf1a3ba89)

5. The Gates of the Conclave (#u8d1e7147-de13-5d3a-87e4-e8d375213638)

6. From Neauphle to Saint-Marcel (#u8ebd0b3b-b2c6-5463-9294-fa1274426582)

7. The Gates of the Palace (#litres_trial_promo)

8. The Count of Poitiers’s Visits (#litres_trial_promo)

9. Friday’s Child (#litres_trial_promo)

10. The Assembly of the Three Dynasties (#litres_trial_promo)

11. The Betrothed Play Tag (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Two: Artois and the Conclave (#litres_trial_promo)

1. The Arrival of Count Robert (#litres_trial_promo)

2. The Pope’s Lombard (#litres_trial_promo)

3. The Wages of Sin (#litres_trial_promo)

4. We Must Go to War (#litres_trial_promo)

5. The Regent’s Army Takes a Prisoner (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Three: From Mourning to Coronation (#litres_trial_promo)

1. A Wet-nurse for the King (#litres_trial_promo)

2. Leave it to God (#litres_trial_promo)

3. Bouville’s Trick (#litres_trial_promo)

4. My Lords, Look on the King (#litres_trial_promo)

5. A Lombard in Saint-Denis (#litres_trial_promo)

6. France in Firm Hands (#litres_trial_promo)

7. Shattered Dreams (#litres_trial_promo)

8. Departures (#litres_trial_promo)

9. The Eve of the Coronation (#litres_trial_promo)

10. The Bells of Rheims (#litres_trial_promo)

Historical Notes (#litres_trial_promo)

Footnotes (#litres_trial_promo)

Author’s Acknowledgments (#litres_trial_promo)

By Maurice Druon (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)