Non-Fiction

The Royal Succession

by Maurice Druon · The Accursed Kings series

The Capetian line fails; the succession is contested. France faces a choice between rival claimants, and the decision will shape a century of war. Druon treats the legal and genealogical arguments with the weight they deserve—this is how dynasties end and nations fracture.

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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