It was written by Francisco Moita Flores, based on the Portuguese political scandal that occurred during the reign of D. José, in 1758.
Set in the 18th century, the series demonstrates the process (and politics) that led to the execution of the Távoras.
In an environment of political and economic crisis, Portuguese King D. José is the victim of an attack on a September night when returning to Campo Real after meeting his mistress—the new Marchioness of Tavora, D. Teresa de Távora.
The king instructs his minister Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo to constitute a court in order to find, arrest and judge those responsible for the attempted regicide.
Resistance and surprise came from the old nobility, troubled by the emergence of mercantilist policies that arose from the Enlightenment.