Ep. 10: Jeanne Manipulates Nicholas to Kill Rosalie Amidst French Revolution Tensions
Aired on December 12, 1979
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are crowned King and Queen of France while Maximilian Robespierre reads their congratulations. Jeanne trained to become a lady but cannot enter Versailles because her guardian is not in favor at court. Rosalie, impoverished and fired due to the depression, begs her sister for help. Jeanne manipulates Nicholas, a man in love with her, into attempting to kill Rosalie. Rosalie attempts prostitution and meets Oscar, who gives her one gold livre and wonders about French conditions. Jeanne and Nicholas kill her guardian and forge Marquise Brandvillier's will to inherit property. Oscar meets them at the funeral and suspects foul play.
Episodes
- Ep. 6 · Antoinette and the Crown Prince visit Paris while Lady Oscar thwarts an assassination plot.
- Ep. 7 · Antoinette and Fersen meet at a masquerade while Du Barry plots to ruin Antoinette with a forged letter
- Ep. 8 · Oscar saves Andre from arrest after a horseback riding accident endangers Antoinette and Andre.
- Ep. 9 · Louis XV falls ill, prompting Du Barry to seek forgiveness from Oscar and Antoinette before her expulsion.
- Ep. 10 · Jeanne Manipulates Nicholas to Kill Rosalie Amidst French Revolution Tensions
- Ep. 11 · Fersen Leaves for the Northland Amidst Rising Tensions
- Ep. 12 · Oscar faces a dawn duel against Guemenee after Antoinette’s extravagant spending and political manipulations.
- Ep. 13 · Oscar travels to Arras and witnesses the severe poverty affecting the French peasantry firsthand.
- Ep. 14 · Oscar rescues Rosalie from attacking Madame Jarjayes and offers mentorship.