Books by Maurice Druon
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review 1: This is a truly great historical series. It shows that being great villain is requires a great deal of hard-work, intelligence and commitment. Moral scruples are a distinct disadvantage.During WWII Maurice Druon fought with the Free French under Charles de Gaulle. The experien...
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review 1: If I could rate with more than 5 stars on here I would! Just flipped through a few pages of my editions today (quite the battered copies!) and thought to give the novels a rating on here as well. Some excruciating research went into this classic historical fiction saga, but the d...
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review 1: A fantastic chunk of the royal history of France. A matter-of-fact approach of all the cruelty, plots, tragedy, deceit, drama and intrigues taking place among royal personages. A simple and shocking way to trade anything for power, a time and place where human lives held less val...