Making my way through Maurice Druon’s The Accursed Kings (currently on Book 4). It’s a bit of historical fiction covering the plots and politicking that followed the reign of Philip the Fair of France and would eventually culminate in the Hundred Years’ War.
I’m enjoying it. It paints an engaging portrait of medieval France and there are many historical footnotes giving context and explanations that would otherwise clutter the main text. The series moves at a decent pace and doesn’t get bogged down in fluff.
I found it dry. For people who find it dry too, I can recommend as an alternative Robert Merle’s Fortune de France series set a few centuries later but still in recognizably medievalish circumstances. It is more colorful, more of a swordplay-and-sex swashbucklerish feel.
Making my way through Maurice Druon’s The Accursed Kings (currently on Book 4). It’s a bit of historical fiction covering the plots and politicking that followed the reign of Philip the Fair of France and would eventually culminate in the Hundred Years’ War.
I’m enjoying it. It paints an engaging portrait of medieval France and there are many historical footnotes giving context and explanations that would otherwise clutter the main text. The series moves at a decent pace and doesn’t get bogged down in fluff.
I found it dry. For people who find it dry too, I can recommend as an alternative Robert Merle’s Fortune de France series set a few centuries later but still in recognizably medievalish circumstances. It is more colorful, more of a swordplay-and-sex swashbucklerish feel.