Set in the French countryside in the 1600s, a lone rider deposits a newborn baby boy on the steps of a monastery, having bitten his nose off. The child is bought up by an ex-pirate and his wife and is taught to read, write, count, joust and fence, and is also given a wooden nose. However, he is ordered by a local baron to attend a tough seminary, but he soon rebels and makes an action-packed escape...

Sous le règne de Louis XIV, un nourrisson est déposé devant un monastère situé ans la baronnie de Bellerocaille. Cet événement crée un grand émoi dans cette paisible communauté, car l'enfant est marqué par une atroce blessure. Son nez a été arraché par un homme ou un animal...