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The Ardent Infidels (Accursed Kings, Bk 1)
The Ardent Infidels - Accursed Kings, Bk 1 Author:Maurice Druon Under the beautiful but heartless Philip the Fair, France suffers a reign of terror unmatched in history. — The Iron King - Philip the Fair - is as cold and silent, as handsome and unblinking as a statue. He governs his realm with an iron hand, but he cannot rule his own family: his sons are weak and their wives adulterous; while his red-blooded ... more »daughter Isabella is unhappily married to an English king who prefers the company of men.
A web of scandal, murder and intrigue is weaving itself around the Iron King; but his downfall will come from an unexpected quarter. Bent on the persecution of the rich and powerful Knights Templar, Philip sentences Grand Master Jacques Molay to be burned at the stake, thus drawing down upon upon himself a curse that will destroy his entire dynasty ...
Original title: The Iron King. Book 1 in The Accursed Kings cycle« less