The Iron King: Book 1 (The Accursed Kings)

‘This is the original game of thrones’ George R.R. MartinFrom the publishers that brought you A Game of Thrones comes the series that inspired George R.R. Martin’s epic work.“Accursed! Accursed! You shall be accursed to the thirteenth generation!”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 quarter. Bent on the persecution of the rich and powerful Knights Templar | Philip sentences Grand Master Jacques Molay to be burned at the stake | thus drawing down upon himself a curse that will destroy his entire dynasty…