The Terror | The Execution of Marie Antoinette (Part 3)

“How did the infamous murder of Jean-Paul Marat, one of the great firebrands of the French Revolution, unleash the bloody Terror? Why did the clashing political factions of the Revolution escalate the ...

“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...

“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...