Maurice Druon's Les Rois maudits (The Accursed Kings) sequence of historical novels has been adapted twice as miniseries for French television.
[1][2] Dubbed "the French I, Claudius",[1][3] the 1972 TV adaptation of Les Rois maudits was broadcast by the ORTF from 21 December 1972 to 24 January 1973 and has been called "hugely successful".
[4] A joint French-Italian adaptation was broadcast on France 2 from 7 November to 28 November 2005.
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