Anyone got any recommendations on books that may be similar to these?
The Accursed Kings is a sequence of seven historical novels by Maurice Druon, of the Académie française, about French kings. The novels take place during the reigns of the last five Direct Capetian kings and the first two Valois kings, from Philip the Fair to John II. The plot revolves around the attempts of Robert of Artois to reclaim the county of Artois from his aunt Mahaut.
I remember them as pretty damn good, but have read them when I was really young, so dunno...
Witcher's sagaFirst 3 parts, The Last Wish, Blood of Elves and Times of Contempt were translated into english. In a few countries Witcher's saga was elected as best fantasy books ever, even over LotR.
First Law Joe Abercrombie
MistbornB.Sanderson