![]() ![]() Both these men wrote novels distinguished by their thorough research, depth of understanding and popular touch. Bartholomew’s Eve, are set before the 17th century.Īs it happens both Maurice Druon and Robert Merle were Anglophiles, Druon being in fact a hero of the French resistance and an honorary Knight of the British Empire. Non-historians have learned a lot of French history from Alexandre Dumas, but only a couple of his best novels, “Chicot the Jester” and “Marguerite de Valois,” with its dramatic account of the Massacre of St. ![]() Under Philips reign, France is great but its people are unhappy. Isabelle, his only daughter, is married to King Edward II of England. Few of our writers venture into the territory, though Arthur Conan Doyle’s Hundred Years War novels, “Sir Nigel” and “The White Company,” were among his best, and Walter Scott‘s “Quentin Durward” offers a brilliant portrait of the enigmatic and ruthless Louis XI. The Accursed Kings (1972) Drama 10h 16m User Score Overview It is the start of the 14th century and Philip IV the Fair reigns supreme over France. Photo: Bridgeman Imagesįew of us in Anglophone countries know much about medieval French history, except as seen-by Shakespeare most obviously-from an English viewpoint. The tombs of Philippe V and his brother Charles IV surround that of Charles’s wife Jeanne d’Evreux. ![]()
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