Download And Enjoy La Ley De Los Varones (Los Reyes Malditos, #4) Crafted By Maurice Druon Provided As Interactive Format

que es el que más me ha gustado de los cuatro, aunque fue por un solo hecho de la tercera parte, pero fue el que más me gustó.
Las dos primeras parte me fueron un poco indiferentes, bueno, no indiferentes sino que para mi, no hubo acontecimientos grandes,
Algo que también me gustó mucho fue la importancia que le dieron a Guccio el lombardo, tanto en el tercer libro como en este, más en este.
Esto le dio un toque diferente al ritmo de los libros y más emocionante,
Todos estos libros son bastante crueles en el sentido de que en esa época los castigos a las personas que cometían algún error, por más chico que fuera, era muy cruel.
Por ejemplo voy a decir algo que pasa en el primer libro, aunque supongo que si están leyendo esto no va a ser algo nuevo, cuando el rey Felipe el Hermoso se entera que las esposas de sus hijos eran infieles, la encerraron y a los escuderos los mataron de una forma horrorosa que prefiero ni mencionarla, mientras que hoy en día sí alguien es infiel o algo por el estilo que pasa Pues nada, no pasa nada, si mucho la pareja termina y punto final.
Además de que en esa época todo era demasiado, exageradamente machista, es que el mismo título de este cuarto libro es de un acontecimiento machista, pero bueno, esa época ya pasó fuiii
Algo que me ha gustado de estos libros es que, como dice mi abuela quien también se los está leyendo, cuentan los chismes de la realeza.
Cuando uno ve historia en el colegio o en algún lado, normalmente se ve desde el punto de vista del pueblo, donde el rey es malo, el pueblo se cansa, se revela, el gobierno evoluciona y etc también uno estudia un poco sobre los reyes y que muchos murieron envenenados o de otras formas crueles, pero no tan a fondo.
Aquí, logramos imaginar un poco mejor cómo era ser rey en el medioevo, todo lo que ellos también sufrían, aunque ojo que no estoy justificando sus maldades y caprichos aunque todo lo que leemos no creo que seareal, porque muy difícilmente alguien va a poder escribir exactamente lo que decían en ese entonces, igual nos da una imagen muy clara de la monarquía de ese entonces y como no, de su maldición! Quizá el más logrado de todos los libros de la saga a la hora de mostrar las intenciones de los personajes y su personalidades más o menos ocultas.


Género. Novela histórica.

Lo que nos cuenta, El libro La ley de los varones publicación original: La Loi des mâles,nos muestra la lucha de Felipe de Poitiers para hacerse con el liderazgo de Francia tras la muerte de su hermano mayor, una lucha en varios frentes contra los que defienden que la hija del rey debe ser la sucesora a pesar de que sea menor de edad y su paternidad esté en tela de juicio, contra el conde de Artois, sus intereses y simpatizantes, contra los que defienden que el hijo nonato del rey debe ser quien reine cuando nazca y contra distintas facciones políticas, económicas y religiosas que no

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Cuarto libro de la serie Los reyes malditos,

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sitelink blogspot. com This is my second or third time reading through "The Accursed Kings" series by Maurice Druon, and I have to say, I am always impressed by it.
It is, by far, my favorite historical fiction series, Druon's skill with language and characterization makes events that happened over six hundred years ago sound fresh and fascinating, It is also a intricate study on politics and how egos and personalities have influenced history,

The fourth installement of the series weirdly translated as "The Royal Succession" in English, when the original title actually meant "the law of males" a reference to laws installed to prevent women from inheriting powerful positions opens at the death of Louis X.
His uncle Charles de Valois and his brother Philippe de Poitiers both have their eye on the regency, as Louis' heir is still in the womb.
While this bickering takes place in Paris, a different power play is going on at the papal conclave, where the French and Italian cardinals try to put their favorite on the throne of Avignon or bring the papacy back to Rome.


The focus of this book, as the title suggests, is to see who will be king after Louis, His wife Clémence was pregnant at the time of his passing, but this was still no certainty of an heir, since it was possible that her child was a girl in which case, Marguerite de Bourgogne's daughter would have been Louis' oldest living child.
But there had never been a situation where a woman was heir to the throne before, and as there were several powerhungry male relatives vying for power, a female sovereign was not a desirable option.
Very soon, questions of allegiance and legitimacy push the characters towards intrigue and conspiracy,

This might be my favorite book of the series after "The Iron King" because it puts some of my favorite characters at the forefront.
Philippe the Tall is by far Philippe the Fair's most competent son, and the only one of the three who has natural leadership.
He is shrewed, cool as a cucumber and actually thinks of the kingdom of France, and not simply of his own satisfaction.
The dialogues that involve him are always sharp and delightful, Featured proheminently in this tome is also the Cardinal Jacques Duèze, an unorthodox contender for the role of Holy Father, The two men understand each other very well, and they will use their keen minds to settle the conclave's struggle once and for all in a most interesting way.
. . Duèze's life is a fascinating story, and the only thing I can fault this book with is not diging further into the background of this most unusual man of the cloth.


And of course, Philippe's machavellian motherinlaw, Mahaut d'Artois is unleashed in this episode: the lenghts to which she will go to see her daughter as queen of France are impressive and horrifying, but I still loved every word of her story arc.
Still locked in a vicious conflict with her nephew Robert over the county of Artois, she plots, schemes and strikes, Her lady in waiting, Béatrice, is almost as scary as her with her secrets and witchcraft, She drops hints of gruesome crimes into Mauhaut's willing ears and sets into motion terrible chains of event,

Guccio and Marie's love story turns to tragedy in this episode, and I never fail to feel a sharp stab of pain for the poor lovers, who's connections with the mighty and powerful ruined their happiness.
Their story is not a simple romantic addition to the political arc of the book: it is based on a real and intriguing story look for John I of France on Wikipedia if you are curious.
History can sometimes be even stranger than fiction,

As you can imagine, the historical details embedded in the narrative are impressive, From the sort of food eaten, to the remedies prescribed for various ailments and details of ceremonial clothing and social protocols, Druon brings the reader back to a complicated era that we often romanticise or oversimplify.


Reading these books again, it becomes increasingly obvious to me that Mr, George R. R. Martin shamelessly ripped Druon off, His stories of fantastical powerplays, assassination and ruthlessness are very obviously inspired by "The Accursed Kings", and some characters of the "Song of Ice and Fire" series are clearly revampings of those found in Druon's work.
Oh well, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

solid, Now I'm off to go find theTV series DVDs! This is a deeply enjoyable book, and the volume that moved me into finishing the entire Les Rois Maudits.
With my favorite of Philippe the Fair's heirs taking the center stage in the next book, I have no choice but to drink deep from this bloodred cup.


I'm of two minds as to whether the Bouvilles acquitted themselves well here, They were surely exemplary in the performance of their duties, deploying an uncharacteristic cunning to protect the life of their royal charge.
But it still came at a horrible price, all because they weren't able to muster the requisite vigilance to complement their craftiness.


I don't think that Philippe can wash his hands off the whole affair either, He knows what Mahaut is capable of, and at the very least, in order to punish her he should have denied her designation as the godmother of his murdered brother's infant son, protocol be damned.
But he still proceeded with it, making his motives very suspect,

Of course Fate can, when she so wishes to proclaim her preeminence, pursue ironic avenues in exacting her dues, The antiquated law that Philippe V crafted to justify his accession will later on be used to deny his progeny their claims to the throne, bringing to an end the direct line of the Capets.
Such are the wages of overweening ambition,

Never has pragmatism and sadistic evil been as wedded in unholy alchemy as they were in the Countess Mahaut, Even though she was guilty of regicide in the last volume, I still much preferred her to her villainous nephew Robert, thinking that it's only the extreme circumstances she labored under that pushed her hand.
After all, it was an ineffectual king who was slowly chipping away at his father's gains that she did away with, substituting a wise and capable regent in his stead.
Oh how naive I was, They can both well and truly hang now,

/stars. Четверта книга циклу "Прокляті королі". Цікава. Відверта. Шокуюча. Так, я з тих людей, які не можуть звикнути, усвідомити, прийняти, що до влади дуже часто ідуть по трупах у прямому значенні, не шкодуючи ні людей похилого віку, ні жінок, ні немовлят. Цей роман яскравий приклад подібної ситуації.

У попередніх книжках Філіп Довгий здавався мені мудрішим і добрішим. Але жага влади вбила його доброту і порядність. Він уміло жонглює долями своїх дітей, підбираючи надійних союзників ок, це нормальна практика у монарших сім'ях, відмежовується від усіх противників і дає мовчазну згоду на злочини своїй тещі Маґо Артуа. Його стосунки з дружиною Жанною складні, втім вони посвоєму люблять одне одного.

Мені було невимовно шкода королеву Клеменцію, яка, втративши коханого чоловіка, сподівалася знайти відраду у дитині. Але цьому не судилося статися дитину у неї відібрали, розбивши всі надії.

Серце розвивалося на частини за Марі, Гуччо та їхнього новонародженого сина. За їхнє кохання, яке так тішило мене у попередніх книгах. Мабуть, їхня історія видалася найболючішою, адже молодятам довелося відмовитися від своїх почуттів, щоб догодити сильним світу цього.

Книга доволі сумна і напрочуд реалістична. Далі буде .