When a King Ruins France

13 hrs. 8 min.

Classics

Language Russian

Author Maurice Druon

Narrator Pavel Konyshev

French writer Maurice Druon, as the reading public knows him above all from his seven-volume novel cycle “The Accursed Kings” (1955–1977), which captures grim pictures from the life of France in the Middle Ages. For each work in the cycle, there was painstaking work in the National Archives, studying documents written in archaic French or in Latin.

The series of historical frescoes is concluded by the novel “When the King Destroys France” (1977). By 1356, France is devastated by a exhausting war destined to last for more than one more decade. Yet King John II the Good intends to give the English a decisive battle near Poitiers.

French knights will have to clash in a deadly struggle with the troops of Edward, the Black Prince. And although the numerical advantage lies with the French, the king issues orders that lead to disastrous consequences. The curse of the Grand Master of the Order of the Templars, cast from the flames of a bonfire, continues to act…

1. The Iron King (narrated by Evgeny Ternovsky) 1. The Iron King (narrated by Pavel Konyshev) 2. The She-Wolf of France (narrated by Evgeny Ternovsky) 2. The She-Wolf of France (narrated by Pavel Konyshev) 3. The Poison and the Crown (narrated by Evgeny Ternovsky) 3. The Royal Succession (narrated by Pavel Konyshev) 4. The She-Wolf of France (narrated by Nikolay Koziy) 5. The She-Wolf of France (narrated by Ilya Prudovsky) 5. The She-Wolf of France (narrated by Pavel Konyshev) 6. The Lily and the Lion (narrated by Evgeny Ternovsky) 6. The She-Wolf of France (narrated by Pavel Konyshev) 7. When a King Loses France (narrated by Evgeny Ternovsky) 7. When a King Ruins France The Lily and the Lion (narrated by Pavel Konyshev)