Historical Fiction

The Lily and The Lion

by Maurice Druon · The Accursed Kings series

Robert of Artois wages a decades-long campaign to reclaim his inheritance, manipulating kings and forging documents. Druon follows his machinations across Europe as ambition curdles into obsession, and one man's vendetta becomes the spark that lights the Hundred Years' War.

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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