![]() ![]() Very frustrating for English-speaking Druon fans like me. The series has twice been made into a television series in France, and both versions are available on DVD … but only in French, undubbed, and without English subtitles. Costain, Mika Waltari, Howard Pyle … and Maurice Druon, the amazing French writer who gave us the The Accursed Kings, seven splendid novels that chronicle the downfall of the Capetian kings and the beginnings of the Hundred Years War.ĭruon’s novels have not been easy to find, especially in English translation (and the seventh and final volume was never translated into English at all). ![]() My own series draws on both traditions … and while I undoubtedly drew much of my inspiration from Tolkien, Vance, Howard, and the other fantasists who came before me, A Game of Thrones and its sequels were also influenced by the works of great historical novelists like Thomas B. I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth. 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. ![]() ![]() Marguerite of Burgundy, Queen of NavarreĨ. ![]()
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