Dangerous Exile

Duke Philippe de Beauvais smuggles his own son into the prison cell where Louis XVII is kept. The dauphin's torturers recognise they have been deceived. Meanwhile, Louis' uncle in Vienna has declared himself the new French king. In order to safeguard his claim on the throne, he sends assassins who shall murder the dauppin. Being unaware of the exchange, he has Richard de Beauvasis killed.