The UK branch of Universal Studios will bring to Blu-ray
Versailles: The Complete Series One. The two-disc set will be available for purchase on August 8.
Synopsis: Louis XIV is twenty-eight years old. In order to rule over the nobility and to permanently impose his absolute power, he launches the construction of Versailles, like one sets a trap.
Louis XIV is a young king haunted by childhood trauma, the Fronde, a rebellion of the nobility against his father Louis XIII… Outstanding political strategist, manipulator, Machiavellian, he will "invent" Versailles in order to keep the Nobles away from Paris and under control; he is progressively transforming Versailles into a golden prison. He is also inclined to Romanesque passions, but how to live them out when one is the greatest king of the world?
The first season follows the King as he turns into the Sun King: the King of the Kings. The historical and fictional characters, ranging from the most known courtier to the most humble villager, guide us through a world of betrayal and intimate secrets, of political maneuvers and war declarations, revealing Versailles in all its glory and brutality.
Created by Simon Mirren & David Wolstencroft. Episodes writers: Simon Mirren & David Wolstencroft, André Jacquemetton & Maria Jacquemetton, Sasha Hails, Andrew Bampfield.
Directed by: Jalil Lespert, Christoph Schrewe, Thomas Vincent, and Daniel Roby. Starring George Blagden, Tygh Runyan, Alexander Vlahos, Evan Williams, and Anna Brewster.