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(0)Maurice Druon
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"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 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...
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'No woman shall succeed in Salique land.' Louis X is dead, poisoned, murdered, by the hand of Mahaut d'Artois. Her plan is simple - to clear the path to the throne for her son-in-law Philippe. However, there is the small matter of Queen Clemence and her unborn child. As the country is thrown into turmoil, Philippe of Poitiers must use any means necessary to save his country from anarchy. However, how far is he willing to go to clear his path to the...
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Philip IV is dead and his great kingdom is in disarray. It seems the fatal curse of the Templars is plaguing the royal house of France. His son has been enthroned as Louis X; but with his disgraced wife Marguerite imprisoned in the Chateau Gaillard for her adultery, Louis can produce no heir with which to secure the succession. But neither can he marry again while she lives ? The web of scandal, murder and intrigue that once wove itself around the...
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Tistou ist der Sohn eines reichen Wa? enfabrikanten. Wenn er groß ist, wird er die Fabrik erben. Aber Tistou ist ganz anders als andere Kinder. Aus der Schule hat man ihn gleich wieder nach Hause geschickt, nun soll der Gärtner den Unterricht übernehmen. Doch da entdeckt Tistou etwas Sonderbares: Er hat grüne Daumen! Was er mit ihnen berührt, verwandelt sich in grüne Pflanzen. Tistou kann die ganze Welt verändern, und er tut es!
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Rois maudits volume 5
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xxxv, 428 pages : genealogical table, map ; 20 cm.
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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.