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Maurice Druon Books in Order

Maurice Druon has written 13 books, published between 1948 and 1977. The first book is La fin des hommes (1948) and the newest is The King Without a Kingdom (1977). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1948–1977
Pages on record
2,773 in 9 of 13 books
Reading time
46–69 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,773 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Maurice Druon, author

Maurice Druon was a French novelist who lived from 1918 to 2009 and sat in the Académie Française, serving as its Perpetual Secretary between 1985 and 1999. Thirteen books are catalogued from La fin des hommes (1948) to The King Without a Kingdom (1977). The Accursed Kings is the historical sequence, taking in The Iron King (1955), The Strangled Queen (1955), The Poisoned Crown (1956), The Royal Succession (1957) and The Lily and The Lion (1959). Les Grandes Familles is the other series. Kings and rulers, betrayal, the Templars, French history and children's fiction appear among the subject headings.

How many Maurice Druon books are there?

Maurice Druon has 13 books, released between 1948 and 1977. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Maurice Druon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Maurice Druon books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Iron King by Maurice Druon, book 1 of the Accursed Kings series (1955)
  2. Cover of The Strangled Queen by Maurice Druon, book 2 of the Accursed Kings series (1955)
  3. Cover of The Royal Succession by Maurice Druon, book 4 of the Accursed Kings series (1957)
  4. Cover of The She-Wolf by Maurice Druon, book 5 of the Accursed Kings series (1959)
  5. Cover of The Lily and The Lion by Maurice Druon, book 6 of the Accursed Kings series (1959)
  6. Cover of The King Without a Kingdom by Maurice Druon, book 7 of the Accursed Kings series (1977)
  1. 1
    La fin des hommesLes Grandes Familles #11948 · confirmed 2/4
    1948–
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  2. 2
    La Chute des CorpsLes Grandes Familles #21950 · confirmed 2/4
    1950–
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  3. 3
    Rendez-vous aux enfersLes Grandes Familles #31951 · confirmed 2/4
    1951–
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  4. 4
    Ardent Infidels1955 · confirmed 2/4
    1955–
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  5. 5
    The Iron KingAccursed Kings #11955 · 340 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1955340
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  6. 6
    The Strangled QueenAccursed Kings #21955 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1955304
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  7. 7
    The Poisoned CrownAccursed Kings #31956 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1956320
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  8. 8
    Tistou1957 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1957160
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  9. 9
    The Royal SuccessionAccursed Kings #41957 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1957352
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  10. 10
    The She-WolfAccursed Kings #51959 · 428 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1959428
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  11. 11
    The Lily and The LionAccursed Kings #61959 · 402 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1959402
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  12. 12
    The History of Paris: From Caesar to Saint Louis1964 · 99 pages · confirmed 2/4
    196499
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  13. 13
    The King Without a KingdomAccursed Kings #71977 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977368
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Maurice Druon books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Accursed Kings in order

7 books
  1. 1. The Iron King
  2. 2. The Strangled Queen
  3. 3. The Poisoned Crown
  4. 4. The Royal Succession
  5. 5. The She-Wolf
  6. 6. The Lily and The Lion
  7. 7. The King Without a Kingdom

Les Grandes Familles in order

3 books
  1. 1. La fin des hommes
  2. 2. La Chute des Corps
  3. 3. Rendez-vous aux enfers

Standalone books

3 books

3 Maurice Druon titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Maurice Druon books in order?

You only need to read Maurice Druon books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Maurice Druon

Start with La fin des hommes (1948), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Maurice Druon book?

The King Without a Kingdom (1977) is the newest Maurice Druon book released so far.

Is there a new Maurice Druon book coming?

No next Maurice Druon book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Maurice Druon has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Maurice Druon. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Paulée de Meursault Prize1960Won
  • Prix Goncourt1948Won

Maurice Druon at a glance

Died
Maurice Druon died in 2009, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Maurice Druon on record dates from 1977.
Release pace
Maurice Druon books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,773 pages across the 9 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 340 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Maurice Druon books, 10 of 13, were published in the 1950s.

What the Maurice Druon books are about

10 of the 13 Maurice Druon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: france is tagged on 5 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.