A Friend in High Places (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 11 – Part 5)

Villefort plays a delicate hand—and wins.

As praise from the king threatens to make him a political target, Villefort humbly redirects the spotlight and rescues the very minister he once sought to surpass. In the court of Louis XVIII, power belongs not to the boldest, but to the most strategic.

00:00 – Theme song

00:30 – Chapter 11, Part 5

02:35 – Commentary

04:53 – Outro

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