Those accursed kings form the primary focus of the novel. Particularly, Philippe had three surviving sons, but all of them inherited the throne, and the sole issue any of them had sired by this point had her legitimacy thrown into question by the whole daughters-in-law-sleeping-around thing. but as the order's last Grand Master, Jacques de Molay, is burnt at the stake, he shouts out that the Kings of France shall be cursed unto the thirteenth generation.Ĭreepily, the next Kings of France had notably horrible reigns. Of course, the Iron King's greatest accomplishment has been dismantling the Knights Templar, a task which took most of his reign up until now. But his sons are being cuckolded: two of his daughters-in-law are sleeping around, with the help of the third. He is an effective king, if not well-loved, and has three sons.
The story begins in 1314, during the reign of Philippe the Fair. While the period is described (quite aptly) as France's Darkest Hour, there is a lot of Black Comedy and ham involved. The Accursed Kings ( Les Rois Maudits in French), by Maurice Druon, is a series of seven historical novels that detail the destruction of the Knights Templar, then the subsequent deaths of Phillip the Fair and his sons, the ensuing Succession Crisis (or three) and the beginning of The Hundred Years War, set up against the backdrop of France spiraling down into a veritable Crapsack World after it gets hit by disaster after disaster. Martin Introduction for 2013 English Edition
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