Secrets d'histoire Season 19 Episodes

Episode 4

Pauline Borghèse, la diva de l'empire!

116 mins

Pauline Borghèse, the diva of the Empire. In the 18th century, destinies were forged by the complex interplay of diplomacy. Pauline Bonaparte remained committed and untameable. Her marriage to Prince Borghese, heir to an influential family, made her life exciting with her own role to play and authority to exercise.

Episode 5

Louis XI, un règne de terreur!

104 mins

Louis XI: a reign of terror: Louis XI is portrayed as an icy, Machiavellian sovereign. He orchestrated his reign with unhealthy paranoia and vigilance that soon became his worst enemies. But was history a little too quick to judge this king, whose cruelty also hid enlightened and visionary governance?

Episode 6

Les amants tragiques de Mayerling

112 mins

The tragic lovers of Mayerling: Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, son of Franz-Joseph I and Elizabeth, nicknamed Sissi, died in Vienna on 30 January 1889. This tragedy at the heart of the Hapsburg dynasty, an unconventional and strict family, had far-reaching consequences. It very quickly became a state scandal that was difficult to hush up.

Episode 6

Spartacus et la révolte des gladiateurs

108 mins

Spartacus and the gladiators' revolt: He is the most famous gladiator of all time. Spartacus embodies rebellion, bravery and freedom, far more than a simple instrument of bloody entertainment. Genuine myth, he has passed through more than two thousand years of history. But who is he really?

Episode 7

Robin des bois, le prince des voleurs

113 mins

Robin Hood, prince of thieves: Stealing from the rich to give to the poor: this was the motto of the famous Robin Hood, a generous and insolent hero. Did he really exist or was he just a popular fantasy in an impoverished England?

Episode 7

La marquise de Brinvilliers et l'affaire des poisons

103 mins

The marquise de Brinvilliers and the poison affair: In the seventeenth century, in France, everyone fears poisoning. Louis XIV himself is threatened: rumours of the involvement of his mistress, Madame de Montespan. The Sun-King instructs the police to investigate this case of poisons, which will bring to light the enigmatic marquise de Brinvilliers.

Episode 8

Marie-Antoinette, un collier à perdre la tête!

Episode 8

La folle épopée de Charlotte d'Angleterre

Episode 9

Louis XIII: seul face aux complots

Episode 10

Henriette d'Angleterre: noces de sang à Versailles

Episode 11

Juan Carlos, la gloire et l'exil