Review: The Iron King (Accursed Kings #1) by Maurice Druon

[fashion_piranha]

The Iron King
by Maurice Druon; translated by Humphrey Hare

For anyone who may have been seduced by this heavily promoted blurb:

‘This is the original game of thrones’ George R.R. MartinThis is a novel of historical fiction, not fantasy. Personally, I see am a fan of both genres, but some people may have been misled about the book’s content since

Comments

[ms_geekette]

Eh, I don't know if you've read Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire, but I view that series more as pseudo-historical fiction, rather than a hard-core fantasy. So while I haven't read any of Druon's novels, they don't sound all that far apart to me (minus the dragons, face swapping, and ice zombies, of course XD).

[fashion_piranha]

I haven't yet had the pleasure of Martin's series, but Game of Thrones is currently in the TBR pile. Since I enjoyed The Iron King, Martin's book has been bumped up and I hope to get to it by May.