At a Spanish cloister, a celebrated French general of the Napoleonic Wars recognizes the voice of one of the nuns and recalls how, five years ago, she was the Duchess of Langeais, and he her most persistent suitor.
Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a...
In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lov...
Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outb...