A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.
Rouen, Normandie, 1431, under hundraårskriget. Efter att ha tillfångatagits av franska soldater från en motståndarfraktion blir Jeanne d'Arc, jungfrun av Orléans, orättvist dömd av en kyrklig domstol som övervakas av hennes engelska fiender.
Brought to Versailles as the companion of courtier D'Aigullon, former street waif Madame du Barry charms her way into the heart of gouty King Louis XV.
Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II's mistress in 1500s France.