The She-Wolf. Морис Дрюон

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      ‘History is a novel that has been lived’

      E. & J. DE GONCOURT

      ‘It is terrifying to think how much research is needed to determine the truth of even the most unimportant fact’

      STENDHAL

      ‘She-wolf of France, with unrelenting fangs, That tear’st the bowels of thy mangled mate …’

      THOMAS GRAY

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Epigraph

       Family Tree

       6. The Bombards

       Part Two: Isabella in Love

       1. Dinner with Pope John

       2. The Holy Father’s Penance

       3. The Road to Paris

       4. King Charles

       5. The Cross of Blood

       6. The Happy Year of 1325

       7. Each Prince who Dies …

       Part Three: The Disinherited King

       1. The Hostile Spouses

       2. The Return to Neauphle

       3. The Queen in the Temple

       4. The Council at Chaâlis

       Part Four: The Cruel Invasion

       1. Harwich

       2. The Shining Hour

       3. Hereford

       4. Vox Populi

       5. Kenilworth

       6. The Camp-kettle War

       7. The Grass Crown

       8. ‘Bonum Est

       9. The Red-hot Poker

       Historical Notes

       Footnotes

       A Note for English Readers

       Author’s Acknowledgements

       By Maurice Druon

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

       Foreword

       GEORGE R.R. MARTIN

      Over the years, more than one reviewer has described my fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, as historical fiction about history that never happened, flavoured with a dash of sorcery and spiced with dragons. I take that as a compliment. I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth. My own series draws on both traditions … and while I undoubtedly drew much of my inspiration from Tolkien, Vance, Howard,

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