After the death of his father, prince Tristan is living in Cornwall at the court of his uncle, King Marke, who treats him like a son. When the Irish king sends his son Morold over to demand high tax payments, Tristan challenges him to combat. He manages to kill Morold but is very badly injured, and is placed in a boat to be healed by the magic powers of the sea, which takes him across to Ireland.
Во второй части рассказывается, как Жанна, несмотря на нежелание Королевского совета, продолжает освободительную войну против англичан. Победа под Орлеаном. Миропомазание короля Карла в Реймсе. Она приходит на помощь Компьеню, осажденному бургундцами и, в результате предательства, попадает в плен. Король Карл, который стольким был ей обязан, не делает ничего, чтобы спасти Жанну. Вскоре за 10 000 золотых ливров бургундцы продают её англичанам. Инквизиционный процесс Жанны д’Арк проходит в Руане под председательством Пьера Кошона, епископа Бове. Жанна была признана виновной по всем основным пунктам обвинения как вероотступница и еретичка, после чего сжигается на костре...
France, 1815. After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon heads for exile. Royalists occupy Paris and attempt to restore the monarchy. However, the battle doesn't seem to be over. On July 6, Talleyrand, a shrewd politician of flexible convictions, invites chief of police and zealous revolutionary Fouché to supper and tries to convince him to serve the king. Over the meal they insult each other, accuse each other, and, at first sight, look like mortal enemies. But they definitely have one thing in common: they are both power-hungry.
Antoine Saint-Just, comrade of Robespierre and youngest member of the Committee of Public Safety, is drawn into the tempestuous political & military conflicts of France under the Terror.
