Железный король. Узница Шато-Гайара

The reading public knows Maurice Druon primarily from the “Cursed Kings” saga, which revealed the dark secrets of the Middle Ages. Behind each work in the cycle was painstaking work in the National Archives, the study of documents written in archaic French or Latin. After the novel “The Iron King,” this series of historical frescoes continues with “The Prisoner of Chateau-Gaillard.”

An ominous shadow has fallen over France. On the day of the solar eclipse, Philip IV the Fair, nicknamed the Iron King, died. He built fortresses, reformed laws and protected the independence of France with all his might. Twenty-five-year-old Louis, who inherited his father's throne, was not very suitable for this role. His main life achievements are his reputation as a cuckold and his unflattering nickname: Grumpy. First of all, he is not concerned about the fate of the state, but about the restoration of marital honor. From now on, the fate of the renegade queen is in the hands of the monarch? Will the Grand Master's curse affect her fate?