The Terror

“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 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...

“Who was Georges Danton and why was he one of the most potent, charismatic figures of the French Revolution? How did he clash with his former friend, Maximilien Robespierre? And, why was he finally con...

“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...

“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...