| Why The French Revolution Turned Violent with Simon Schama

“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 ...

“Where did Maximilien Robespierre come from and what led him to rise from provincial obscurity to play a major role in the French Revolution? Why is he considered the central figure in the Reign of Ter...

“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 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...