King Louis XV of France had absolute power, but when a violent, mysterious fever struck, the most powerful man in Europe was forced to make an impossible choice: surrender his favorite mistress, or face divine retribution. At just 15 years old, Louis XV married Maria Leszczyńska, but after a 10 pregnancies, the exhausted Queen closed her bedroom door to the King. Enter the ambitious and breathtakingly beautiful Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle, the Duchesse de Châteauroux. Guided by ruthless operators