When Francoise was twelve, she accidentally fell into the water and nearly drowned. When she woke, she unexpectedly found herself with fragmented memories that did not belong to her.
In those additional memories, she would one day have a vast castle, a generous annual income, and the title of Marquise.
At the time, Francoise was the daughter of a traitor, a prisoner's child born behind bars, and an orphan whose parents were both dead. She had even begged for a living. Her future was bleak, with no hope in sight. The beautiful future in those fragmented memories became the thought that kept her alive, until she married the disabled poet Scarron.
Later, the hardships of life gradually made Francoise forget those illusory memories.
After the poet died, Francoise took a job as a governess to support herself and entered the Palace of Versailles alone.
At the time, Francoise did not know that stepping into Versailles would mark the beginning of a dramatic change in her fate. Years later, she would possess everything she had seen in her memories, and more besides.
Francoise d'Aubigne, from prison to palace, from orphan to queen. She is the Marquise de Maintenon, and she will also become Queen of France.
Theme: Never give up.
