I've just binge watched this series in huge anticipation. Although the characters and story lines are fun and eccentric, they are horrifically historically inaccurate. Madame du Barry never plotted to marry Louis XV, she also never spoke to the Dauphine as she has no right to until Marie Antoinette spoke to her first. Their first public exchange did not involve MA bowing which would NEVER happen, the exchange took place at Versailles not at Fontainebleau.
The actor playing Louis isn't accurate, he was portly not thin. The Comte and Comtess du Provence had no children, it was the Comte and D'Artois who had only one son. There are significant characters missing such as the Comte d'artois, Madame Elizabeth and also MAs close friend Madame de Guéméné.
The filming locations are a bit lazy, Vaux-le-vicomte is obviously used, the scenes at Versailles are good, Fontainebleau's replacement was awful, the building was tiny whereas Fontainebleau is huge, as is the petit trianon's replacement. They look nothing alike.
The series overall is witty and exciting, much like the versailles series, but if you're looking for history, this isn't the series for you!
The actor playing Louis isn't accurate, he was portly not thin. The Comte and Comtess du Provence had no children, it was the Comte and D'Artois who had only one son. There are significant characters missing such as the Comte d'artois, Madame Elizabeth and also MAs close friend Madame de Guéméné.
The filming locations are a bit lazy, Vaux-le-vicomte is obviously used, the scenes at Versailles are good, Fontainebleau's replacement was awful, the building was tiny whereas Fontainebleau is huge, as is the petit trianon's replacement. They look nothing alike.
The series overall is witty and exciting, much like the versailles series, but if you're looking for history, this isn't the series for you!