What Dominic Sandbrook has said about Law of 22 Prairial
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 7, 2026
Dominic Sandbrook, British historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History, has been quoted on Law of 22 Prairial once in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on October 7, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Sandbrook states that around 1,400 people were guillotined in the seven weeks after the Prairial law, more than in the previous 14 months.
“about 1,400 people are guillotined. So that's more than in the whole of the previous 14 months”
The Rest Is History: 712. The Terror: The Fall of Robespierre (Part 6) (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 7:34
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712. The Terror: The Fall of Robespierre (Part 6)The Rest Is History · Oct 7, 2026 · 1 h 37 min
Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland recount the summer of 1794, the coup of 9 Thermidor and the execution of Robespierre, concluding their French Revolution series.
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