MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Iron King by Maurice Druon as today's Barnes & Noble Nook Daily Find.
The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Monday, June 10, 2013.
Note: The price has been matched by Amazon.com for today only.
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The Iron King
Maurice Druon
The Accursed Kings Series
The 1955 classic, the first of seven books in a series, that George R. R. Martin credits with inspiring him to write The Game of Thrones.
The Iron King — Philip the Fair — is as cold and silent, as handsome and unblinking as a statue. He governs his realm with an iron hand, but he cannot rule his own family: his sons are weak and their wives adulterous; while his red-blooded daughter Isabella is unhappily married to an English king who prefers the company of men.
A web of scandal, murder and intrigue is weaving itself around the Iron King; but his downfall will come from an unexpected quarter. Bent on the persecution of the rich and powerful Knights Templar, Philip sentences Grand Master Jacques Molay to be burned at the stake, thus drawing down upon himself a curse that will destroy his entire dynasty …
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