La Petite Histoire de France(2015)

La Petite Histoire de France is a French series that spans two millennia of history through interconnected family stories. Each era follows a distant cousin navigating the politics and perils of their time: in 1810, Renata and Jean Plancher run a Parisian inn while seeking Napoleon's favor; in 1695, Count Philippe Honoré de Roche Saint-Pierre lives in exile after Louis XIV's dismissal; in 1430, François d'Arc fights to rescue his imprisoned cousin Joan from Burgundian captors; and in 1 AD, Yorik works the salt mines of Gallo-Roman Moselle while his family endures occupation. The series weaves together intimate domestic struggles with the grand sweep of French history, revealing how ordinary people survived extraordinary times across the centuries.