It is a high time that tells Maurice Druon, the one that led to the long and bloody Hundred Years War against England. And if history is obviously fictionalized, he perfectly managed to captivate the reader, as much by the richness of his characters whose psychological analysis is quite searched, by his fine and delicate style. The story knows alternate perspective of the characters, whose complexity enriches the narrative. And it is not only a powerful story, because we find the delicate machinery of the time, with the appearance of advisors of the king not derived from the old nobility or the weight of Italian bankers, these Lombard, whose finances definitely weigh in the realm of politics. female characters so discreet in the great history appear as pawns and victims of the reign of feudalism, whether impotent Isabelle Queen of England or Jeanne departed from the throne by the Salic law (the only exception being Mahaut of Burgundy , intriguing virtuoso). Even if we already know the ins and outcomes, we can only go with this historic and exciting mural that makes its credentials to the genre of historical novel. And if he had read that, it would certainly be this series.
