On 23rd December 1588 the long-running power-struggle between the opposing houses of de Guise and Valois will come to a dramatic climax with the assassination of Henri I of Lorraine, the Duke de Guise...
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In Second Empire France, Gervaise is in a state of distress when her lover Lantier abandons her and her children to live with his mistress Virginie...
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Settling into his new Parisian hotel room, Monsieur Rasta is about to embark on his next criminal enterprise. As he dresses for the occasion he finds he needs a new pair of white gloves...
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