O Rei de Ferro (Os Reis Malditos #1)

Le Roi de Fer (Les Rois Maudits #1) — Depois da descoberta do romance histórico, magnificamente representado por Alexandre Dumas, muitos foram os escritores que tentaram, com maior ou menor êxito, trilhar os caminhos desvendados pelo mestre, aproveitando as preferências manifestadas pelo público por esse tipo de literatura. Entretanto, Maurice Druon conseguiu realizar o almejado sonho de apresentar a verdade histórica com todas as características de grande obra de ficção literária, utilizando para tanto uma equipe de renomados romancistas, cenaristas e historiadores. Maurice Druon conta majestosamente a história do Rei Felipe IV, O Belo, na França do século XIV. O Rei de Ferro é o primeiro volume da série Os Reis Malditos.

Le Roi de Fer, premier volume du cycle "Les Rois Maudits", a pour figure centrale Philippe IV le Bel, roi d'une beauté légendaire qui régnait sur la France en maître absolu. Tout devait s'incliner, plier ou rompre devant l'autorité royale. Mais l'idée nationale logeait dans la tête de ce prince calme et cruel pour qui la raison d'État dominait toutes les autres. Sous son règne, la France était grande et les Français malheureux...

“This is the original Game of Thrones.” -- George R. R. Martin.
"The Iron King" (The Accursed Kings, #1) by Maurice Druon:
— Accursed! Accursed! You shall be accursed to the thirteenth generation!”
— 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 daughter Isabella is unhappily married to Edward II -- 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 de Molay to be burned at the stake, thus drawing down upon himself a curse that will destroy his entire dynasty…

Literatura Estrangeira / Romance