Les Nouvelles Aventures de Vidocq

Based on the memoirs of Eugène-François Vidocq, this series follows the adventures of this former convict turned policeman in the early 19th century. In these new adventures, Vidocq comes up against a ravishing “baronne”, a formidable gang leader. The cases entrusted to Vidocq are not only police affairs, but also delicate, political and even diplomatic affairs.

6. The Black Pin

A year after Napoleon's death, Vidocq must put an end to the all-too-frequent duels between royalists and Bonapartists. A local Bonapartist leader who has come to Paris to bring money to his leaders is provoked and killed in a rigged duel. Disguised as a businessman likely to finance the Bonapartist cause, Vidocq infiltrates the network preparing Napoleon II's return to France. The opponents are unaware that by joining this movement, they are denouncing themselves: the Baroness, who heads a secret political police force, has no choice but to have them arrested. Vidocq wants to save them. But he too is challenged to a duel...