Secrets d'histoire Season 8 Episodes

Episode 1

Elizabeth 1re: La reine vierge

About Elizabeth I of England, the Virgin Queen.

Episode 2

Louis XVI, l'inconnu de Versailles

About King Louis XVI of France.

Episode 3

Comment devient-on Napoléon?

Episode 4

Aliénor d'Aquitaine, une rebelle au Moyen Âge

About Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the most powerful women in the middle ages, wife of King Louis VII of France, and later of King Henry II of England.

Episode 5

La Marquise de Sévigné, l'esprit du Grand Siècle

Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, an important figure in 18th century French literature, best known for the letters she wrote to her daughter.

Episode 6

Désirée Clary: Marseillaise et reine de Suède

About Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary, the French born wife of the also French born King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway.

Episode 7

Louis XIV, l'homme et le Roi

108 mins

Louis XIV: both man and king: Louis XIV is without doubt the most famous of France's sovereigns. From his education under Cardinal Mazarin to the establishment of an absolute monarchy, ruling by diving right, we discover the ascension of the Sun King, who ruled over France for seventy-two years.

Episode 8

Louis XIV: le roi est mort, vive le roi!

Louis XIV: the king is dead, long live the king. About the Sun King, Louis XIV of France.

Episode 9

Sacré Charlemagne!

107 mins

Holy Charlemagne. Everyone recognises the name of Charlemagne, the Carolingian king said to have invented schools, yet few know very much about his life. Delve into the heart of the 8th century to discover Charles I, the Great, known as Charlemagne, and how he turned his small kingdom into an empire.

Episode 10

Jeanne d'Arc, au nom de Dieu

112 mins

About Joan of Arc, saint and national hero of France.

Episode 11

Casanova: l'amour à Venise

112 mins

About Giacomo Casanova, the Venetian writer and womanizer of the 18th century.

Episode 16

Jules César ou la gloire de Rome

About Julius Caesar, ruler of Rome at the height of it's power.