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The King of Leinster, awaiting news of his newborn child, is disappointed to hear he has a daughter.
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This was the original game of thrones? George R.R. Martin From the publishers that brought you A Game of Thrones comes the series that inspired George R.R. Martins epic work. ? Accursed! Accursed! You shall be accursed to the thirteenth generation!? The Iron King ? Philip the Fair ? is as cold & silent, as handsome & unblinking as a statue. He governs his realm with an iron h&, but he cannot rule his own family: his sons are weak & 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 & intrigue is weaving itself around the Iron King; but his downfall will come from an unexpected quarter. Bent on the persecution of the rich & 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.