num_pages: 352
description: The Iron King - Philip the Fair - is as cold and silent, as handsome and unblinking as a statue. He governs his realm with an iron hand, but he cannot rule his own family: his sons are weak and 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 and intrigue is weaving itself around the Iron King; but his downfall will come from an unexpected quarter. Bent on the persecution of the rich and powerful Knights Templar, Philip sentences Grand Master Jacques Molay to be burned at the stake, thus drawing down upon upon himself a curse that will destroy his entire dynasty ...
language: English
title: Ardent Infidels
titlecomplete: Ardent Infidels
characters: Jeanne II of Burgundy, queen of France, Enguerrand de Marigny, Marguerite of Burgundy, queen of France, Blanche of Burgundy, Louis, Count d'Évreux, Louis X of France, Isabella, Queen of England, Marguerite, Queen of Navarre, Edward II of England, The Knights Templar, Charles, count of Valois, Mahaut d'Artois, Charles IV of France, Robert d'Artois, Philippe IV of France, Louis, King of Navarre, Charles de Valois, She-Wolf of France, Philippe V of France, Philippe, Count de Poitiers, Jacques de Molay, Jeanne, Countess de Poitiers, Edward III of England, Isabella of France, Philip the Fair, Charles, Count of La Marche
genres: Historical, Historical Fiction, French Literature, Novels, Medieval, 14th Century, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction, France
ratings_count: 19585
places: France
series: The Accursed Kings #1-2, The Accursed Kings
publisher: Ace Books