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Bien qu'étant de basse extraction, celui que l'on appelle Le Triste Sir est un des personnages les plus craints et respectés du royaume. Officellement, il ne sert que la cause de son souverain, le roi Philippe Auguste, dont il assure la garde rapprochée. Mais dans l'ombre, appuyé par ses redoutables espions et hommes de main, les Ribauds, il surveille, manipule et parfois élimine ceux qui se mettent en travers de son chemin, dans les bas-fonds autant qu'à la cour. Mais au coeur de l'hiver 1194, en assassinant sauvagement un commerçant bordelais, il va commettre une erreur pouvant le conduire à sa perte. En effet, le lendemain de son acte, il apprend de la bouche du roi que ce commerçant était l'un de ses espions, chargé de déjouer une tentative d'assassinat. Il est alors chargé par le souverain de trouver les «assassins» du commerçant aquitain.
Au XVIIIème siècle, la Nouvelle France sert de terre d'exil à tous les proscrits fuyant l'Europe. Benjamin Graindal doit échapper à la police royale et, pour sauver sa vie, s'enfonce dans cette terre immense et inconnue. A l'instar des maîtres du roman d'aventures, Jean-François Charles dresse le portrait chaleureux de personnages hors du commun, campe de somptueux décors, et reconstitue avec un soin méticuleux du détail les plus célèbres batailles. A partir du septième tome, il se concentre sur le scénario pour confier le dessin à Ersel qui a su conserver toute la verve et la force évocatrice de ce récit.
Un roi décide d'assiéger le château de son voisin, roi également. Un troisième roi s'ajoute, avec son armée supposée venir en renfort. Bien entendu, rien ne se passera comme on pourrait s'y attendre... Peut-on être vraiment roi sans faire la guerre, comploter ou déclamer de grands discours pour la postérité ? Visiblement, non. Encore faut-il avoir les moyens de ses ambitions. Le Siège est un vrai récit de genre, de l'humour décalé dans une époque médiévale quelque peu alternative, dans lequel on retrouve la fantaisie absurde des grandes références du genre en question, Sacré Graal ou Kaamelott.
