En 1559, à la veille du sacre de son fils François II, Catherine de Médicis se confie à une jeune servante. Elle retrace les moments les plus marquants de sa vie depuis son arrivé à la cour de France alors qu'elle n'avait que 14 ans jusqu'au décès de son époux, le roi Henri II, en passant par sa rivalité avec Diane de Poitiers, la favorite d'Henri. Dans un royaume où règne la violence et les guerres de religion, Catherine va tout faire pour conserver son statut et asseoir son pouvoir et celui de sa descendance. Une série adaptée du roman biographique "Catherine de Medici: renaissance Queen of France", de Leonie Frieda.
Catégorie
📺
TVTranscription
00:00Shall we discuss a reasonable levy to begin with?
00:03Forgive my counselor, no sense of romance. Surely now is not the time to discuss anything this distasteful as haggling over levies.
00:13Can't we all just get to know each other? I for one would like to spend some more time with my prospective groom.
00:20You seem a most considered and deliberate man. Nothing excites me more.
00:24Yes, enough business for one day.
00:27I hear you're an avid writer.
00:29Oh yes, I'm positively mad for it. My father used to take me riding when I was a girl.
00:33Really? Was that before or after he cut off your mother's head?
00:37Gosh, do you know something? I don't remember.
00:41May I propose you join our family on a hunt? Without your advisor, just a friendly family outing so we can get to know each other.
00:51No talk of business, I promise.
00:53That's a splendid idea.
00:55Trott-Morton, you won't sulk if we leave you behind?
00:58No, madam.
00:59Excellent. And if you're good, I'll bring you a bloody head. Just like Mother's.