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- After his sister is brutally killed, David finds himself in charge of his 7 year old niece, Amanda.
- Upon returning from a hunting expedition, King Louis XIV feels a sharp pain in his leg. He begins to die, surrounded by loyal followers in the royal chambers.
- Eve's husband Paul, disappears mysteriously one day and leaves behind a huge debt. As the police investigates the case, Paul's former associate Chollet offers Eve his support. Little later Chollet becomes himself a suspect.
- The story of the fall of the world's most glorious monarchy.
- A young noblewoman in 18th century France is falsely convicted for treason and exiled to India. Using her whit and her body, she avoids going under despite numerous threats.
- A private detective forced to face the ghosts of his past when his niece asks him to investigate her father's death.
- This is the story of too nice girl who one day decides to become evil. And who will find out it is not so easy to do wrong when you have always been nice.
- The Dordogne, 1869. Pierre Naboulet, a poor tenant farmer, has drawn a lucky number in the French Army draft lottery. He will be exempt from a five-year period of military service. But he sells his number to Florent, a rich merchant, and takes the place of Florent's son, Arnaud, who has been drafted. Woodcutting with his brother, Pierre leaves his axe in a tree to await his return home. He spends his last night in the barn with his redheaded sweetheart, Henriette... Emperor Napoleon III declares war on Prussia, and the Prussians invade. In Alsace, Pierre's regiment fights the invaders in a forest. Many French are killed; Pierre escapes, wounded. He finds a cottage. Inside a boy is hiding. The redheaded boy speaks only the Alsatian dialect of German...
- Marco, in his thirties, is a little lost and tormented at the thought of truly settling. A former war photographer, he no longer wants to cover conflict and is more interested in the world of longshiremen.
- In France in 1942. Blanche and Virgile live in the free zone and use a boat to help a local network of resistance fighters and refugees. One day the couple propose to take in Sarah, a Jewish child who is impatiently awaiting her parents
- Under the Regency of Philippe d'Orleans, Cartouche sees his bride murdered by La Reynie, the future chief of police. Eight years later, Cartouche has become a Robin-Hood-like character loved by the people and a cause of concern to the powerful. Along with his entourage (La Guigne, Timour, Isabelle and the Marquis), he becomes a legend by distributing to the poor part of the booty taken from the nobility. One day he attacks the leutenant-general of police, Minister d'Argenson, then the Regent himself, who vows to make him pay. Meanwhile, Juliette, the fiancee of d'Argenson and the sister of La Reynie, sees the good work of Cartouche and starts to help him secretly. Loosely based on the life of Louis Dominique Garthausen (1693 - 1721), also known as Cartouche, an eighteenth century French highwayman who reportedly stole from the rich and gave to the poor in and around Paris.
- Elsa makes a living from little jobs, struggling to gain custody of her son. Mathieu.
- Little known to the general public, the Palaeolithic burial sites reveal exceptional ornaments and raise the question: who were these individuals, buried with such care? An investigation that takes us from France to Russia, and a focus on the Lady of Cavillon, buried 24,000 years ago in Northern Italy.
- On July 14th 1789, the people of Paris and the newly formed National Guard resist the royal troops, forcing the King to surrender and renounce his absolute power. In November 1790, France is on the brink of a civil. The people are stunned when the King and the royal family are arrested and the monarchy itself is called into question. A few months later, in June 1791, when Parisian families come to demonstrate, the National Guard open fire on the crowd. It is the turning point of the Revolution.
- After the Battle of Valmy, in September 1792, the National Convention officially abolishes the monarchy. Along with the majority of deputies, Robespierre, Danton and Marat vote for the death of King Louis XVI. The news of his execution echoes throughout Europe. A revolutionary tribunal is set up and becomes the driver of the Reign of Terror. The Revolution would gradually crush all its heroes. Robespierre and many others end up on the gallows. By July 1794, the political life returns to normal.
- Nicolas Le Floch is sent to Aquitaine to look into the suspicious death of the young Count of Allas, who has been found decapitated. He is assisted in his investigation by Bourdeau, Semacgus and La Satin.
- The mysterious Count of Saint Germain is asked by the Queen to give "La Larme de Varsovie" back its sparkle. Legend has it that ill fortune will befall the kingdom if the Larme, a magnificent pearl belonging to the French Crown, loses its sparkle. But the jewel gets stolen.
- Sarlat, in south-west France, was the site of violent peasant revolts in the 17th Century. Now, the son of the region's largest manufacturer of preserved foods has been murdered in a ritual recalling those historical events.
- Paris, 1848. Victor Hugo's life is torn between his home, his two mistresses, his incapacity to go on with his great novel "Les Misères", and his position as deputy for the Royalist party when the Revolution breaks out and the Second Republic is proclaimed.
- While fighting for social reforms and freedom of the people, Victor Hugo discovers the hypocrisy and cynicism that lie in all political endeavor. In frequent conflict with his own party, he is also faced with Juliette wanting him to abandon politics and Léonie wanting him to abandon Juliette.
- Hugo realizes that he has been manipulated by Bonaparte to better serve the president's imperialist ambitions. As Hugo joins the extreme left wing, his personal life gets complicated: Charles is thrown into jail by the authorities and Léonie reveals their relationship to Juliette.
- Slowly but surely the government stifles the freedom and benefits the Revolution had brought. Worried sick by this new turn of events, Victor requests that his wife and daughter leave Paris - where he remains alone, torn between his two mistresses. When Napoléon's coup d'état occurs, Victor is declared Enemy of the State.