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A Dangerous Friendship
Episode 4
Season 1
Episode 4
Marie discovers the true nature of Holland. Bitter and disillusioned, she nonetheless finds herself at the center of politics. She uses a lovestruck suitor to oppose the Queen Mother and challenge the all-powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
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48:52
Marie provokes the King's jealousy by uniting the Queen and the Duke of Buckingham.
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53:26
Marie is blamed for a miscarriage and exiled away from the palace and the court.
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57:29
The newly appointed Duchess schemes to get Louis XIII into bed with his own wife.