On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also…

In the 18th century, as the army of Prince De Beaulieu lays siege on the fortress of Marechal D’Allenberg, a young princess sends a soldier out of the fortress to…