The Real Versailles
As BBC Two premieres its lavish fresh drama set in the sumptuous surroundings of Versailles, Helen Castor and Lucy Worsley tell the stories supporting one of earth's greatest buildings. They disclose that the world of intrigue, drama and sex that his courtiers and Louis XIV inhabited. Lucy untangles Louis's complex world of feasting, fashion and court etiquette, while Helen unpicks the Machiavellian world of court and delves in to the archives that Louis created. We meet up with the people behind the on screen personalities and discover that which drove Louis to glorify his reign to a scale unmatched by any prior monarch, inspect the tension between Louis and his brother Philippe, a battle protagonist and overt homosexual, and they meet up with the coterie of women who collaborated for Louis's attention. We observe that Louis was ruthless in his quest for glory in beating his enemies and succeeded. For the culture and sophistication, France became renowned in his recordbreaking 72-year reign.
Released: 2016-05-30