Synopsis

He understood, with a sudden clarity, the weight of the moment. The truth was etched upon the scene: the King had murdered the prisoner, and the Man in the Iron Mask was revealed. Philippe resolved to abandon the court. Leto persuaded Maintenon to champion the union of Louis and the Infanta Isabella. Yet, defying all expectations, Louis married Maintenon and declared himself the head of the Church of France. With renewed vigor, Louis intensified his European ambitions, and persecution of