Stéphane Bern tells the story of King Louis XVI, deposed by the revolution and guillotined on January 21st, 1793. He was a cultured man, passionate about the technical advances of his time, but powerless against the huge deficit in the country. He actively supported the birth of the USA. Louis XVI was the last king to live in the palace of Versailles, where he organized the first flight of a balloon, launched the legendary expedition of Jean-Francois de La Perouse and offered his wife Marie Antoinette, the beautiful setting of the Petit Trianon, as million visitors around the world continue to admire.

Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrest...

In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, ...

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory se...

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the futu...

Late 18th-century Joseon dynasty. The King is beleaguered and surrounded by traitors of the ruling e...

After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants not...

The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette - from her betrothal and marr...

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty....

Between the end of the Middle Ages and the late 18th century, over 50,000 Europeans were persecuted,...

With a reputation for seducing members of the opposite sex, regardless of their marital status, a no...

Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th...

In 1794 Bützow, widow Hornborstel, a top goose breeder, presses Mayor Hane to marry her. Rebuffed, h...

The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Capta...

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of conv...

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788...

In early 19th-century France, the Marquis de Sade is confined to an asylum where his forbidden writi...

The Count of Maravillas receives an unusual proposal from a masked woman: to kidnap the valido of Ki...

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge t...