The Terror | An Assassination in Paris (Part 1)

“Why did Robespierre hold a vast, eccentric festival in Paris 1794, during the high-point of the French Revolution? How was it received by the other leading figures of the revolution? And, would the Fr...

“Where did Maximilien Robespierre come from, and how did he rise from provincial obscurity? Why is he considered the central figure in the Terror of the French Revolution? And, when did he transform fr...

“In what conditions was Marie Antoinette - once the most glamorous woman in Europe - imprisoned for over a year, before and after the execution of King Louis XVI? Why were the French Revolutionaries di...

“Why did the Terror reach unprecedented levels of bloodshed in 1794? Who was running France by this point? And, how was Robespierre finally destroyed, and dragged to the guillotine by his former allies...