The Accursed Kings Series Books 1-3: The Iron King, The Strangled Queen, The Poisoned CrownThis is the original Game of Thrones. George R. R. Martin. A collection of the first three books in Maurice Druons epic historical fiction series, The Accursed Kings. Accursed! Accursed! You shall be accursed to the thirteenth generation! 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;