American author George R. R. Martin called The Accursed Kings "the original game of thrones", citing Druon's novels as an inspiration for his own series A Song of Ice and Fire.

Mar 26, 2013 · *Starred Review* Sporting an enthusiastic introduction by George R. R. Martin (in which he calls the book “the original game of thrones”), this is the first U.S. publication of the first volume of French novelist Druon’s seven-volume historical saga, collectively known as The Accursed Kings.

Maurice Druon is famous for the series of 7 historical novels that was published and became popular during the 1950s under the famous title – Les Rois Maudits. He was also the Minister of Cultural Affairs in 1973 & 1974 in the cabinet of Pierre …

Part 1, A Curse; Chapter's 1-3 Summary and Analysis. The novel of 'The Iron King' by Maurice Druon begins in the year 1307, and is set in the kingdoms of Early Medieval France and England.

Druon was Minister of Cultural Affairs (1973–1974) [13] in Pierre Messmer's cabinet, and a deputy of Paris (1978–1981). He was survived by his second wife, Madeleine Marignac, whom he married in 1968. [2] Madeleine Druon died in 2016 aged 91. [14] Druon was a descendant of Brazilian author Odorico Mendes .

Between 1955 and 1977, Maurice Druon wrote Les Rois maudits, a sequence of seven historical novels about the French monarchy in the 14th century. George R.R. Martin has acknowledged the series as an inspiration for his Game of Thrones epic.

Maurice Druon begins his saga of The Cursed Kings with another one of Philippe’s deeds: his definitive eradication of the Templars. This brutal undertaking provided him with a similar financial windfall to that obtained from the Jews.

The novel of "The Iron King" by Maurice Druon is the first in a cycle of seven books "The Accursed Kings" which chronicle the formation of the Nation state of France from the early Fourteenth Century onwards.