The Rose of Versailles

Synopsis

France, the 18th century. Oscar François, born a daughter of General de Jarjayes but raised as a man to carry on the family, is made commander of the Royal Guard of Marie Antoinette, the crown princess who has come from Austria to marry.

Growing ever lonelier, with her distant relationship with the crown prince and her clashes with the king’s mistress and her circle, Marie meets Fersen, a young Swedish nobleman, and falls passionately in love; but in truth Oscar, too, has come to feel her first love for Fersen.

In an age that has begun to sway toward the French Revolution, André, who grew up with Oscar, hides his own feelings and watches over her, but…