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Prologue
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“I will drag him by the beard out of his mountains,
like a shepherd drags his sheep.”
— Charles I of Hungary

Buda Palace
Buda, Hungary
At the dawn of the fourteenth century, the Kingdom of Hungary lay fractured—its ancient crown contested not by one sovereign will, but by rival claimants and war-hardened magnates who ruled their provinces like private realms.


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“I will drag him by the beard out of his mountains,
like a shepherd drags his sheep.”
— Charles I of Hungary

“I will drag him by the beard out of his mountains,
like a shepherd drags his sheep.”
— Charles I of Hungary








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Basarab I
First Prince of Wallachia

"A realm to rule,
A crown upon your brow ..."
The All-Seer had said once
Now a payment is demanded, Basarab thought.
A son of his blood.
“"A realm to rule, A crown upon your brow ..."
The All-Seer had said once
Now a payment is demanded, Basarab thought:
A son of his blood.




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Codex of the Realm
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