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The orange trees of Versailles

2004
In the 1670s, fourteen-year-old Marion, who has a talent for making perfumes, gets the chance to serve Louis XIV's mistress at the palace of Versailles, where she gets caught up in palace intrigue.

Napole?n

2003
Presents a comprehensive biography on the life and military experiences of Napoleon Bonaparte and chronicles his childhood, motivation, accomplishments, as well as his impact on history.

The three musketeers

1982
During the reign of France's King Louis XIV, D'Artagnan and three musketeers unite to defend the honor of Anne of Austria against the plots of Cardinal Richeliu.

The burning time

1996
After her father's sudden death, fourteen-year-old Rose Rives finds that sixteenth-century France is a dangerous place for women, when some greedy, vindictive men charge her mother and others with being witches.

The affair of the poisons

murder, infanticide and Satanism at the court of Louis XIV
2004
Chronicles the events surrounding the black magic and poisoning scandal that enveloped France during the reign of Louis XIV, describing how high-standing members of society were tried and executed for witchcraft during the late seventeenth century.

Marie Antoinette

the journey
2002
Chronicles the life of eighteenth-century French queen Marie Antoinette, examining her reputation as the instigator of the French Revolution and attempting to present the real woman rather than historical stereotypes.

Love and Louis XIV

the women in the life of the Sun King
2006
Offers a biography of Louis XIV that focuses on his relationships with women, discussing his mother, wives, mistresses, liaisons, and children.

Robe and sword

the regrouping of the French aristocracy after Louis XIV
1953
Describes the rise to power of the high noblesse de Robe--the personnel of the sovereign courts of France--after the death of Louis XIV, and the concurrent resurgence of the French aristocracy.

The 3 Musketeers

2010
A graphic novel adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic tale about a young Frenchman, D'Artagnan, who travels to Paris in order to join the King's guard, the Musketeers, and is befriended by three of the Musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis.

The three musketeers

1984
The adventures of a young man and his three friends, who are swordsmen in the service of the King Louis XIII of France.

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