The Rose of Versailles — Season 1, Episode 1: Oscar! The Destiny of Roses

Episode synopsis

General Jarjayes, deprived of the son he desperately wanted, names his newborn daughter Oscar and raises her as a boy. Now that Oscar’s reached adulthood, she’s vying for the position of Commander of the Royal Guards for Princess Marie Antoinette.

About The Rose of Versailles

Raised from birth as a man, the Lady Oscar commands the palace guards at Versailles in the years before the French Revolution. Her beauty and noble spirit make her a shining figure in the eyes of both men and women but she is torn between her chosen life of service and duty to class and country and her own heart and desires. She lives as a noble amidst the opulence of Versailles but her keen senses and compassion are not blinded to the poverty of the French people.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2Flutter! Austria's Butterfly
• E3Sparks Falling Over Versailles
• E4Roses, Wine, and Conspiracy...
• E5Tears Falling With Dignity
• E6Silk Dresses and Ragged Clothes
• E7Who Wrote the Love Letter?
• E8The Oscar of My Heart
• E9The Sun Sets, The Sun Rises
• E10The Beautiful Devil Jeanne
• E11Fersen Leaves for the North
• E12The Morning of the Duel, Oscar is...?
• E13Oh, Winds of Arras, Answer...