Les Rois maudits, tome 5 : La Louve de France

by Maurice Druon

Paperback, 1973

Status

Available

Call number

848

Series

The Accursed Kings (5)

Genres

Publication

LGF - Livre de Poche (1973), Edition: Nouvelle, Poche

Description

Fiction. Historical Fiction. "This is the original Game of Thrones." George R.R. Martin. Charles IV is now king of France and his sister is Edward II of England's Queen. Having been imprisoned by Edward as leader of the rebellious English barons, Roger Mortimer escapes to France, where he joins the war against the English Aquitaine. But it is his love affair with Isabella, the 'She-Wolf of France', who has come seemingly to negotiate a treaty of peace that seals his fate...

User reviews

LibraryThing member CaroPi

These book shows once again the consequences of having laws that forbid women to arrive to the power in France, and how the alliance between the aristocrats start to pay a price in France. Is a good book that helps to understand how the battle of the 100 years started. Is a little bit more slow to

read than the others, but that does not means that is bad. The author is going more to the real history and leaving the fiction a little behind.

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LibraryThing member Joanne53

the Queen wins, but at a great cost. The side story of how the Italian bankers really call the shots is the important lesson. The Royal families of Europe were in such debt that they were no longer truly ruling.
Awaiting the translation to be completed on books six and seven.

LibraryThing member john257hopper

This is the fifth book in the author's Accursed Kings series of novels set in early 14th century France. However, unlike its predecessors, this is much more centred around England than France. The titular character is, of course, Isabella, daughter of French King Philip IV, sister of Louis X,

Philip V and Charles IV, and wife of English King Edward II. The story of her estrangement from Edward and love affair with Roger Mortimer, their return to England and overthrowing Edward to replace him with their son, the boy King Edward III, and then the cruel murder of the deposed king, is one of the most well known and colourful stories of Medieval England, and the subject of many fictional treatments, unlike most of the rest of the series. Back in France, Charles IV, the last surviving son of the direct Valois line, is saddened when his only child is a daughter who, moreover, quickly dies. This will set the scene for the next crisis in French history when another line of the Valois must succeed, also pathing the way for Edward III's claim to the French throne through his mother and thus the Hundred Years' War. So history rolls on in this great historical fiction series.

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LibraryThing member wagner.sarah35

This series was an inspiration for George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and shadows of that more famous series are apparent in this book. The grisly details of death and executions are provided, along with plenty of schemes, intrigues, secrets, and complex personal relationships. The

deposition of Edward II of England by his wife Isabella of France and her lover Roger Mortimer provide the subject for this novel, but much of the book actually takes place in France, where a series of succession crises and scandals provide plenty of drama. Overall, this book makes for a compelling read and one that those interested in the Middle Ages in Europe would likely enjoy.

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