简介：In1620sFrance,dreadedswordsmanGildeBeraultreturnsfromcarryingoutamissionforCardinalRichelieu,andfindstheCardinalworriedaboutgrowingoppositionfromtheHuguenotsinthesouth.TheCardinalalsowarnsdeBeraultthatduelinghasbeenoutlawed,andwillhenceforthbepunishablebydeath.Gil,however,promptlydisobeysthelawandisindeedsentencedtodeath.TheCardinalofferstocancelthesentenceifdeBeraultisabletocapturethedukewhoisorganizingplansforanuprising.Giltravelstotheduke'scastleandisallowedtostayasaguest,buttheduke'swifeandsisterimmediatelysuspectthatheisaspy.Heandhisservantstillmakegoodprogress,untilhefallsinlovewiththeduke'ssister,whichcomplicateseverything.…