The Poisoned Crown

Author : Maurice Druon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : French fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015013763571

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The Poisoned Crown by Maurice Druon Pdf

No man is impervious to the poisons of the crown...Having murdered his wife and exiled his mistress, King Louis X of France becomes besotted with Princess Clemence of Hungary and makes her his new Queen. However, though the matter of the succession should be assured, it is far from so, as Louis embarks on an ill-fated war against Flanders. Where his father, Philip IV, was strong, Louis is weak, and the ambitions of his proud, profligate barons threaten his power and the future of a kingdom once ruled by an Iron King. This is the third book in the author's Accursed Kings series of novels set in the early 14th century during the period of crisis within the ruling Capetian dynasty when after the death of the Iron King, Philip IV, his three sons ruled for short periods, thus encouraging England's King Edward III to claim the French throne through his mother, thereby precipitating the conflict known later as the Hundred Years War. The first of these sons, Louis X is the subject of this novel, and in particular his relationship with his second wife Clementia of Hungary. More plotting, scandal and family tensions abound, though the plot of this novel seems a little lighter than that of the first two books.

Author : Maurice Druon
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 774 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008117559

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The Accursed Kings Series Books 1-3: The Iron King, The Strangled Queen, The Poisoned Crown by Maurice Druon Pdf

“This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin. A collection of the first three books in Maurice Druon’s epic historical fiction series, The Accursed Kings.

Author : Maurice Druon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0246637161

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The Poisoned Crown by Maurice Druon Pdf

Author : Maurice Druon,Humphrey Hare
Publisher : Pan
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1970-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0330024566

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The Poisoned Crown by Maurice Druon,Humphrey Hare Pdf

Author : Jan Siegel
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307416438

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Prospero's Children by Jan Siegel Pdf

It began ages past in fabled Atlantis, when a mad, power-hungry queen forged a key to a door never meant to be opened by mortal man--its inception would hasten her own death and the extinction of her vainglorious race. For millennia the key lay forgotten beneath the waves, lost amid the ruins of what had been the most beautiful city on Earth. But however jealously the sea hoards its secrets, sooner or later it yields them up. Now, in present-day Yorkshire, that time has come. And for young Fernanda Capel, life will never be the same again . . .

Author : Maurice Druon
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780007492237

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The Poisoned Crown (The Accursed Kings, Book 3) by Maurice Druon Pdf

“This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin.

Author : Maurice Druon
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780007492220

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The Strangled Queen (The Accursed Kings, Book 2) by Maurice Druon Pdf

“This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin.

Author : Maurice Druon
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780007492213

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The Iron King (The Accursed Kings, Book 1) by Maurice Druon Pdf

‘This is the original game of thrones’ George R.R. Martin From the publishers that brought you A Game of Thrones comes the series that inspired George R.R. Martin’s epic work.

Author : Amanda Hemingway
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307542540

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The Poisoned Crown by Amanda Hemingway Pdf

Nathan Ward’s unique ability to enter his dreams and parallel worlds has followed him into adolescence. With Nathan’s growing maturity comes a deeper understanding of his mission; he must stop an insidious and pervasive evil. Queen Nefufar’s dark power is growing. In the strange world Nathan visits, land is a distant memory, save for the rumored islands and melting ice caps. The queen’s dream of extinguishing the lungbreathers, including man, and ruling over a watery kingdom of cold-blooded creatures is in reach. Meanwhile, in another dimension, on Earth, there are rumblings of doom. Nathan senses a shift in the atmosphere, and the wizard of the Cosmos broods over the imbalance. There is one chance for salvation: Nathan must capture the third Grail relic, a poisoned iron crown that Nefufar keeps locked beneath the ocean in a chamber of air. But how can a mere boy make his way millions of miles down into the boiling, watery depths and capture the crown from a ferocious seadragon?

Author : Amanda Hemingway
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2005-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345481870

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The Greenstone Grail by Amanda Hemingway Pdf

A desperate mother spirits away her infant son, seemingly drawn (chased, perhaps?) to the small English village of Thornyhill. She ends up on the doorstep of old Bartlemy, a curious man who has lived on the forested land for as long as anyone can remember–and who comes to believe that the child is destined for great things. . . . While growing up under Bartlemy’s protective eye, Nathan Ward senses something else watching him, a shift of shadows in the surrounding Darkwood. Then pieces of his dreams begin to come to life. A man he saved from the ocean washes ashore on the television news. A greenish stone cup set with jewels that has haunted his visions sounds eerily like one lost by the Thorn family centuries ago–a cup that has recently made its way back into the hands of the village’s last living ancestor. Yet when Nathan learns the chalice may have come from another world, a land with bloodstained moons and a toxic sun, he knows he is destined to play a part in something beyond his most vivid imagination. But why is the cup here, and what could it possibly want with a teenage boy and a sleepy town of villagers full of tall tales? With the help of his best friend, Hazel, Nathan must figure out why he’s been chosen–and for what purpose. Even if it means traveling deeper each night into dreams, into lands, into legends that both terrify and mesmerize him. The Greenthorn Grail is the first novel of a thrilling new trilogy, tracing a boy’s journey–a quest rife with magic, wonder, and forces as dark as midnight.

Author : Hugh Kingsmill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Biography
ISBN : UOM:39015028709858

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The Poisoned Crown by Hugh Kingsmill Pdf

A study, through an examination of the careers of Queen Elizabeth, Cromwell, Napoleon and Lincoln, of the effects of absolute power upon the character.

Author : Deborah J. Ross
Publisher : Deborah J. Ross
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Poisoned Crown (Novelette) by Deborah J. Ross Pdf

The king is dead, long live the prince, but not for long if his stepmother the Queen Regent has anything to say about it. So he appeals to the one person he can trust, his father’s best swordswoman and the king’s secret lover. Venise wants nothing more than to bury herself in her grief at the king’s death, but her conscience will not allow her to abandon the young man who is so like his father. The only question is whether the two of them can stand against the Queen Regent’s black magic.

Author : Sarah M. Cradit
Publisher : Storyville Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Kingless Crown (Kingdom of the White Sea Trilogy) by Sarah M. Cradit Pdf

From the USA Today & International Bestselling author of the Saga of Crimson & Clover comes a gripping new epic fantasy world that will leave you breathless to the very last page. A crown woven together by lies. A kingdom with the power to unravel them. Four Reaches. Four brides. Only a fortnight separates the young women from becoming reluctant queens of the usurper king, Eoghan Rhiagain. Twenty years earlier, King Eoghan’s father cunningly devised marriages between the highborn sons and daughters of the oft-warring Reaches, sealing the unions before they could protest, shattering existing betrothals in place of forced alliances. Now, Eoghan, the cruel boy king who stole his crown through murder, demands the eldest daughters of these unions. To accept is unfathomable. To refuse is treason. The lords and ladies of the kingdom have no choice but to prepare their beloved daughters for the horrors ahead. But they’ll soon discover there are no longer any daughters left to present. All four have disappeared, painting the world with their rebellion. Theirs is not the only rebellion. Across the kingdom, little fires light within. From the enigmatic sorcerers in the northern mountains, to the magi who both wield and regulate the kingdom’s magic, and beyond... to a place where two prisoners are not what they seem. As the Reaches ready themselves to face the king, the kingdom hovers on the edge of chaos. And there are many who recall, in candlelit secrecy, tales of a time before... 👑 Evil King ⚔️ Formidable Women 👑 Raven Priestesses ⚔️ Arranged Marriages 👑 Found Family ⚔️ Enemies to Lovers 👑 Friends to Lovers ⚔️ Multiple Romantic Subplots 👑 Unique Magic System ⚔️ Revenge 👑 Medieval Fantasy ⚔️ Forbidden Romance 👑 Epic Worldbuilding ⚔️ Politics and Intrigue For content warnings, please visit sarahmcradit.com.

Author : Celine Kiernan
Publisher : The O'Brien Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-16
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781847175502

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The Poison Throne by Celine Kiernan Pdf

A Friend. A Father. A Kingdom. Which one would you sacrifice? This compelling trilogy of court intrigue, adventure and romance is a winning combination of imagination, powerful storytelling and magnificent characters. Fifteen-year-old Wynter Moorehawke returns home after a five-year sojourn in the bleak Northlands. All has changed in her absence. Wynter is forced to make a terrible choice: stay and bow to the King's will, or abandon her ailing father and join her friend Razi and the mysterious Christopher Garron in their efforts to restore the fragile kingdom to its former stability. But this changed kingdom is a dangerous place, where all resistance is brutally suppressed and the trio constantly risk assassination, torture or imprisonment. Atmospheric and intriguing, evokes an enchanting and convincing other world – love, treachery, jealousy, tenderness, war, wisdom and court life are all vividly depicted. Set in a fantastical medieval Europe, The Poison Throne is a gothic tale of intrigue, adventure and romance which draws the reader in from the very first sentence and doesn't loosen its grip until the last.

Author : James Rollins
Publisher : William Morrow
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : FICTION
ISBN : 0062843230

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The Demon Crown by James Rollins Pdf

"Off the coast of Brazil, a team of scientists discovers a horror like no other, an island where all life has been eradicated, consumed, and possessed by a species beyond imagination. Before they can report their discovery, a mysterious agency attacks the group, killing them all, save one: an entomologist, an expert on venomous creatures, Professor Ken Matsui from Cornell University. Strangest of all, this inexplicable threat traces back to a terrifying secret buried a century ago beneath the National Mall: a cache of bones preserved in amber..."--