Secrets d Histoire

Marie de Medici: Obsession with power.
She was an Italian princess who became queen of France. Coming from the Medici, sulphurous family of Tuscan bankers, Mary will experience luxury, power, humiliation and destitution too. Mother of several European sovereigns, grandmother of Louis XIV, the life of Marie de Medici is full of fairy tales.

Blanche de Castille: Queen Mother and Strong Personality. Blanche de Castille was not a pious regent confided in religion even if she was obsessed by the eternal salvation of her crowned son, King Louis IX, who became Saint Louis. A woman with an unusual personality, she dominated the thirteenth century by her character and courage.

Prince Charles: Approaching the Throne. Prince Charles, we think we know everything. But what do we really know about the life, convictions, passions and very concrete personal commitments of the heir to the throne? For the first time, French cameras were able to penetrate Clarence House, the private residence of Prince Charles in London.

Stephane Bern portrays the last royal French couple, Louis-Philippe and Marie-Amélie. A close-knit couple, with a lifestyle that was voluntarily different from their predecessors. They reigned for 18 years, from 1830 to 1848, in a France in full transformation, and lead a hectic life.

Blanche de Castille: Queen Mother and Strong Personality. Blanche de Castille was not a pious regent confided in religion even if she was obsessed by the eternal salvation of her crowned son, King Louis IX, who became Saint Louis. A woman with an unusual personality, she dominated the thirteenth century by her character and courage.

Dans ce nouveau numéro inédit de Secrets d'Histoire, Stéphane Bern nous fait découvrir le destin tragique du roi Louis II de Bavière, un souverain aux allures de prince de conte de fée et pourtant…

For many, the image of Henri III can be summarized as that of an effeminate king, wearing earrings and playing with bilboquet with his favourites, the famous "mignons", while being unable to remedy the wars of religion. One of French history's most misunderstood princes.

Leonardo da Vinci is the emblematic figure of the Renaissance. Virtuoso painter and visionary engineer, but also architect, botanist, anatomist and mathematician. The image of the old scientist with the beard of a prophet would almost make us forget that he was first of all a dashing and bubbling young man with a solar charm, a man of flesh and blood with his joys and sorrows. Driven by an obsessive quest for perfection, his life experienced many twists and turns before finding a glorious outcome and the most vibrant posterity.

Le palais de l’Élysée, à Paris, a suscité envies, passions et batailles politiques, mais il a aussi abrité, depuis sa construction au début du XVIIIe siècle, de fortes personnalités. Tout à la fois cœur du pouvoir politique et vitrine de la France, avec ses artisans et leur savoir-faire, l’Élysée est un palais hors du commun entouré d'un magnifique parc de deux hectares qui jouxte les Champs-Élysées. De l'abdication de Napoléon Ier, dans le salon d'argent, aux légendaires conférences de presse du général de Gaulle, dans la somptueuse salle des fêtes, du rituel hebdomadaire du conseil des ministres dans le salon Murat au bureau du président de la République, chacune des pièces de ce monument mythique porte la marque de ses occupants successifs.

Fondée il y a plus de 2500 ans par les Grecs, Naples est aujourd’hui surtout célèbre pour son style de vie bouillonnant. Mais les entrailles de la ville cachent de nombreux secrets d’histoire. L’historien Michael Scott et son équipe utilisent des technologies modernes pour découvrir ces tunnels cachés et ces ruines méconnues, sous la terre comme sous la mer.