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 war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 ...

Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position...

New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son ...

To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicat...

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled...

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

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French docto...

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along...

Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental r...