Maurice Druon (1918–2009)
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Maurice Druon was a French resistance hero, a Knight of the British Empire and a holder of the Grand Croix de la Légion d'Honneur. He was also a member of the Académie française and a celebrated novelist, best known for his series of seven historical novels under the title of The Accursed Kings, visa mer which were twice adapted for television. A passionate Anglophile, he was a great expert on all things English, including its medieval history, which provides great inspiration for the series. His many and diverse fans include George RR Martin, Nicolas Sarkozy and Vladimir Putin. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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The Accursed Kings, Books 1-7: The Iron King, The Strangled Queen, The Poisoned Crown, The Royal Succession, The She… (1913) 137 exemplar
The Accursed Kings, Books 1-3: The Iron King, The Strangled Queen, The Poisoned Crown (1987) 102 exemplar
The Accursed Kings, Books 1-6: Iron King; Strangled Queen; Poisoned Crown; Royal Succession; She-Wolf of France; The… (1966) 25 exemplar
The Accursed Kings, Books 5-7: The She-Wolf of France, The Lily and the Lion, The King Without a Kingdom (1996) — Författare — 9 exemplar
The Accursed Kings, Books 1-4: The Iron King, The Strangled Queen, The Poisoned Crown, The Royal Succession (2013) — Författare — 9 exemplar
The Memoirs of Zeus / Alexander the God / Les rivages et les sources (1963) — Författare — 7 exemplar
The Accursed Kings, Books 5-6: The She-Wolf of France, The Lily and the Lion (1982) — Författare — 7 exemplar
Vézelay, colline éternelle (suivi d'une anthologie réalisée avec la collaboration de Jacques Suffel) (1987) 2 exemplar
Discours de reception de M. Fernand Braudel a l'Academie francaise et reponse de M. Maurice Druon (French Edition) (1986) 2 exemplar
Un voyageur 1 exemplar
The Rise of Simon Lachaume / Feet of Clay / Rendezvous in Hell / The Film of Memory (1993) 1 exemplar
La contessa 1 exemplar
2007 1 exemplar
Cyprus: Port of Call of Civilizations 1 exemplar
Discours prononcés lors de la réception solennelle de l' Académie du Royaume du Maroc:… — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Maurice Druon - Oeuvres complètes - Tome XIV - Les grandes familles - Les seigneurs de la plaine - L'hôtel de Mondez… — Författare — 1 exemplar
Maurice Druon - Oeuvres complètes - Tome VIII - Au pas de la vie-1 Les épreuves et les espérances - 1939 1946 — Författare — 1 exemplar
L'Avenir en désarroi 1 exemplar
Maurice Druon - Oeuvres complètes - Tome VII - Regards sur l'histoire - Paris, de César à Saint-Louis - Vézelay,… (1973) — Författare — 1 exemplar
Théâtre 1 exemplar
Maurice Druon - Oeuvres complètes - Tome XIX - Au pas de la vie 2 - Les rivages et les sources — Författare — 1 exemplar
Maurice Druon - Oeuvres complètes - Tome XXIV - Politique et civilisation - Discours — Författare — 1 exemplar
L'aube des dieux — Författare — 1 exemplar
Maurice Druon - Oeuvres complètes - Tome XXIII - Au pas de la vie 4 - Les idées et les moeurs — Författare — 1 exemplar
Maurice Druon - Oeuvres complètes - Tome XXI - La parole et le pouvoir — Författare — 1 exemplar
Maurice Druon - Oeuvres complètes - Tome XXII - Au pas de la vie 3 - les lectures et les amitiès — Författare — 1 exemplar
Les jours des hommes — Författare — 1 exemplar
Maurice Druon - Oeuvres complètes - Tome XX - Théatre - Mégarée - Un voyageur - Le coup de grâce - La Contessa — Författare — 1 exemplar
The Lily and the Lion, Part 2 — Författare — 1 exemplar
The She-Wolf of France, Part 2 — Författare — 1 exemplar
The She-Wolf of France, Part 1 — Författare — 1 exemplar
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- Andra namn
- Druon, Maurice Samuel Roger Charles Kessel
- Födelsedag
- 1918-04-23
- Avled
- 2009-04-14
- Begravningsplats
- Paris, France
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- France
- Land (för karta)
- France
- Födelseort
- Paris, France
- Dödsort
- Paris, France
- Bostadsorter
- Paris, France
- Utbildning
- Ecole libre des sciences politiques (1937|1939)
Faculté de lettres de Paris
Lycée Michelet, Vanves, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France - Yrken
- writer
politician
novelist
historical novelist
journalist
French Resistance - Relationer
- Kessel, Joseph (uncle)
- Organisationer
- Académie française (1966)
- Priser och utmärkelser
- Honorary Knight of the British Empire
Legion d'Honneur
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres - Kort biografi
- Maurice Druon was considered a hero of the French Resistance in World War II for co-writing (with his paternal uncle Joseph Kessel) the "Chant des Partisans," the song that became the anthem of the movement. After the war, he was one his country's most successful and eminent literary figures, tirelessly working to save the French language from what he considered the corrosive effects of global English, colloquialisms, and political correctness. He was elected to the Académie française for his scholarly writing, but is most famous for a series of seven historical novels published in the 1950s, known collectively under the title Les Rois maudits (The Accursed Kings). They have been adapted twice for French television, most recently in 2005. He also served as Minister of Cultural Affairs in 1973–1974.
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- Recensioner
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- ISBN
- 420
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