Contents
Title Page
Epigraph
Foreword: George R.R. Martin
The Characters in this Book
Family Tree
Prologue
Part One: The Dawn of a Reign
1. The Prisoners of Château-Gaillard
2. Robert of Artois
3. Shall She be Queen?
4. Long Live the King!
5. The Princess in Naples
6. The Royal Bed
Part Two: Dog Eats Dog
1. The Hutin’s First Council
2. Marigny Remains Rector-General
3. Charles of Valois
4. Who Rules France?
5. A Castle by the Sea
6. Chasing Cardinals
7. A Pope is Worth an Exoneration
8. A Letter’s Fate
Part Three: The Road to Montfaucon
1. Famine
2. Vincennes
3. A Slaughter of Doves
4. The Night Without a Dawn
5. A Morning of Death
6. The Fall of a Statue
Footnotes
Historical Notes
Author’s Acknowledgements
By Maurice Druon
Copyright
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