No longer the well-beloved, Louis XV is becoming ever more unpopular - thehuge expense of his court and decades of costly warfare having taken theirtoll. As the discontent grows, Louis seeks refuge in his extravagances andhis mistress, the powerful Marquise de Pompadour. Suspicions, plots andrivalry are rife as Louis's daughters and lovers jostle for his attentionand their own standing at Court. Ignoring the unrest in Paris, Louiscontinues to indulge in frivolities. But how long will Paris stay silentwhen the death of the Marquise de Pompadour leads to yet another mistressinfluencing the King?