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The Poisoned Crown
- Author
- Maurice Druon
- Narrator
- Peter Joyce
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 26 September 2013
- Run Time
- 8 hours 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
“This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin.
The puny, self-impotent Louis X, having caused his first wife to be murdered and his mistress exiled, becomes besotted with the lovely Clemence, his new Queen. Vacillating between self-pity and vainglory he is caught between the vaulting ambitions of proud, profligate barons…
Critics Review
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‘Iron kings and strangled queens, battles and betrayals, lies and lust, the curse of the Templars, the doom of a great dynasty – and all of it (well, most of it) straight from the pages of history, and believe me, the Starks and the Lannisters have nothing on the Capets and Plantagenets. Whether you are a history buff or a fantasy fan, Druon's epic will keep you turning pages. This was the original game of thrones’
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN‘Blood-curdling tale of intrigue, murder, corruption and sexual passion’
SUNDAY TIMES‘Barbaric, sensual, teeming with life, based in wide reading and sound scholarship…among the best historical novels’ TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
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Details
- Author
- Maurice Druon
- Narrator
- Peter Joyce
- Duration
- 8 hours 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 September 2013
- ISBN
- 9780007527380
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Historical adventure fiction, Historical fiction
Synopsis
“This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin. The puny, self-impotent Louis X, having caused his first wife to be murdered and his mistress exiled, becomes besotted with the lovely Clemence, his new Queen. Vacillating between self-pity and vainglory he is caught between the vaulting ambitions of proud, profligate barons…
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