- Original release
- Previous episode S19E03 - Les amants tragiques de Mayerling
- Number S19E04
- Country France
- Original language French
- Genres Documentary, History
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La marquise de Brinvilliers et l'affaire des poisons
Stéphane Bern nous propose une enquête incroyable et frissonnante, à une époque où la France entière, pourtant sous le règne flamboyant du Roi Soleil, tombe dans l’obscurité la plus totale.
Imaginez la situation… en cette fin du XVIIe siècle, le pays tout entier semble avoir recours aux sorciers pour obtenir des faveurs, éliminer un mari ou une rivale. Un climat de terreur s’installe, et tout le monde craint l’empoisonnement.
La situation prend une autre dimension, lorsque cette paranoïa insoutenable atteint le cœur même du pouvoir et menace Louis XIV en personne. Car désormais, des nobles aux petites gens, personne n’est à l’abri.
Cette affaire dite "des poisons" met en scène de nombreux personnages dont la plus aimante des maîtresses du roi, Madame de Montespan.
Est-il vrai qu’elle lui fait boire, à son insu, de dangereux aphrodisiaques ? Est-elle responsable de la mort suspecte de nouvelles rivales qui lui font de l'ombre à la cour ?
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