Series

The Accursed Kings series in reading order

There are 7 books in the The Accursed Kings series.

Fourteenth-century France under Philip the Fair: the Templars are destroyed, a curse is pronounced, and the throne begins a long unraveling. Druon writes medieval power politics as tragedy in slow motion—marriage as weapon, torture as statecraft, and scandal with dynastic consequences.

All 7 books, in reading order

• 1. The Iron King — Maurice Druon · 369 pages
• 2. The Strangled Queen — Maurice Druon · 304 pages
• 3. The Poisoned Crown — Maurice Druon · 320 pages
• 4. The Royal Succession — Maurice Druon · 352 pages
• 5. The She-Wolf — Maurice Druon · 428 pages
• 6. The Lily and The Lion — Maurice Druon · 432 pages
• 7. The King Without a Kingdom — Maurice Druon · 368 pages

All 7 books total 2,573 pages.

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