George Blagden

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?

Torn between two faiths, Athelstan pores over his journal looking for answers about where his heart belongs in this "Vikings" webisode.

VIKINGS follows the adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, an actual historical figure, and the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the gripping sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes.