French History

Once Henry IV finally had his crown, a fanatic ripped him from his throne and gave him a violent death—but few people know his even darker history.

Madame de Maintenon was devastated when her husband King Louis XIV died, but as it turned out, her nightmare was just beginning.

The son of a slave and a nobleman, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas became a legendary general, yet he was nearly erased from history—for one disturbing reason

Anne Marie D’Orléans was considered “the greatest heiress in Europe”—but her love life was brutally cursed. Her "happily ever after" went up in flames.

Madame de Pompadour was the alluring chief mistress of King Louis XV, but few people know her dark history—or the chilling secret shared by her and Louis.

Anne of Austria's life seemed perfect. It seemed like it got even better when she married Louis XIII. Little did she know, she was entering a nightmare.