Review: Druon M, “The Royal Succession”, Historical Fiction (Harper Collins: 2014), tr Herbert Humphrey
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Louis X is dead of poisoning after hardly more than a year of being King, leaving the question of succession in turmoil – split between a daughter accused of being a bastard and the widow Queen’s unborn child. Now the race is on to determine who will be regent until the Queen’s child reaches majority. Yet why settle for regent when it is but one step from being King?
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