You will recall that we left John the Fearless triumphant in 1407 when he had just had his cousin and rival Louis I of Orleans, brother of King Charles VI, assassinated. It was now 1419 and John had come a long way. The unfortunate Charles VI, then known as the Mad King, had been ruling for thirty-nine years. His fits of madness lead cousin John to want to take over the throne. But Charles VI now had an heir, the dauphin Charles. And although some suspect that he was in fact the son of Louis I of Orleans, Queen Isabeau's lover before he was murdered, he was still the official heir...

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The war between Armagnacs and Burgundians did not pit the lovers of a south-western brandy against those of a boeuf bourgignon, no. It was a civil war that took place within the wider context of the Hundred Years' War. In those days, families did not hesitate to kill each other to gain power...

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The assassin of the day was a woman, which was so rare that there was no word in French for it. One could say murderess, but the murder was more than a murder, since it was premeditated. And in the case of Henriette Caillaux, there was no doubt that there was premeditation...

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We all learned at school that the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28th 1914 was the trigger for the First World War. But how could the death of this crowned head in a country that we couldn't necessarily place on a map trigger the First World War and plunge Europe into chaos?

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Anna Politkovskaya was a Russian investigative journalist and world-famous human rights activist. She was an outspoken opponent of Vladimir Putin's regime, and tirelessly denounced his abuse of democracy and corruption of power.

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In 44 BC, Caesar, master of Rome, was at the height of his glory. Thanks to a series of stunning victories, he had extended the borders of the Roman Republic. His military successes also increased his popularity. Rome was more prosperous than ever and his master had the confidence of the people and senators. In short, all was well. Or almost.

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A man walks through the snow-covered mountains at an altitude of 3,200 metres. He had stuffed his auroch skin shoes with grass, put on two coats and a bearskin hat. He was carrying a backpack, a deerskin quiver containing twenty arrowheads, a flint dagger, a copper axe and a deer antler tool. In a birch bark basket, he was carrying smouldering charcoal wrapped in young maple leaves. He was only about forty years old but his progress was difficult. He wanted to run, to escape from his pursuers, but he couldn't anymore. Perhaps he was afraid... This suffering and tired man was not yet famous, but he was going to be. A few moments later, he would die and his body would only be found five millennia later, at the very place of his death...

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At the beginning of August 1969, actress Sharon Tate returned to her villa on Cielo Drive in Los Angeles. Built a few years earlier for actress Michèle Morgan, it overlooked Beverly Hills. The young actress and her husband, director Roman Polanski, recently had recently moved there because they needed a bigger house for their new baby...

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