Yann Collette

It takes the cavalier Lagardère sixteen years to avenge his friend the Duke of Nevers, who was assassinated by the infamous Gonzag, who would later become the king of Paris finance in the sumptuous days of the Regency. Sixteen years to assert the triumph of morality, save honor ... and find love.

Talleyrand and Fouché, who have absolutely nothing in common apart from their hunger for power, are engaged in verbal combat over supper about the future of France, the tone of their conversation switching from irony, to violence and ferociousness.