Children's Fiction

The King Without a Kingdom

by Maurice Druon · The Accursed Kings series

Jean II sits on a contested throne as the Hundred Years' War begins in earnest. The curse pronounced on Philip the Fair's line reaches its culmination—France torn between claimants, plague on the horizon, and a king who is sovereign over a kingdom already slipping from his grasp.

The Accursed Kings in reading order

• 1. The Iron King — Maurice Druon
• 2. The Strangled Queen — Maurice Druon
• 3. The Poisoned Crown — Maurice Druon
• 4. The Royal Succession — Maurice Druon
• 5. The She-Wolf — Maurice Druon
• 6. The Lily and The Lion — Maurice Druon
• 7. The King Without a Kingdom — Maurice Druon

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