TV Series created by Simon Mirren

Versailles, 1667. Louis XIV was 28 years. To submit the nobility and impose its absolute power, he launched the construction of Versailles ... as a trap. Louis XIV was a young king haunted by a childhood trauma, the Fronde, a rebellion of nobles against his father, Louis XIII ... It will prove to be a political strategist unusual, manipulative, Machiavellian, and will "invent" Versailles to keep the nobles of Paris, keep them under control and gradually transform the castle into a gilded prison. It is also capable of romantic passions. But how to live when you are the greatest king of the world?