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What does /lit/ think of the Accursed Kings series?

>> No.17224869

The last book of the series shat the bed desu.

>> No.17225004

>>17224869
How so?

>> No.17225050

>>17224031
Le epic mustread if you're into medieval historical fiction.

>> No.17225082

>>17224031
Very entertaining and even educative reading.

>> No.17225664

>>17225004
Druon unexplicably switched the style, viewpoint and narrative angle to one random character presenting as one long inner monologue. Dedious as fuck, but the rest of the series are excellent/great with some odd misstep or two. I have read the all but the last two at least four or five times.

>> No.17226078

For me, its Marie Cressey (I've only read book 1 so far)

>> No.17226102

>>17225664
Yeah quite enjoying it so far, my main criticism is that the characters aren't developed enough. The only one who seem three dimensional so far are Marie, Guccio, and Philip IV

>> No.17227289

>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.

and discarded

>> No.17227309

>>17227289
Apparently "inspiration" is a generous phrase; Martin basically stole the plot of the first three books from Les Rois Maudits. Then he ran out of material to plagiarize and subsequently fell into the doldrums of writer's block he has been in for the last eight years or so.