What Dominic Sandbrook has said about Trial of Marie Antoinette
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 27, 2026
Dominic Sandbrook, British historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History, has been quoted on Trial of Marie Antoinette once in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on September 27, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Sandbrook argues that revolutionaries who accused Marie Antoinette of conspiring with foreign powers were correct.
“when they accuse her of plotting against the revolution, conspiring against them, consorting with foreign powers against the French people, they're not wrong”
The Rest Is History: 709. The Terror: The Execution of Marie Antoinette (Part 3) (Sep 27, 2026) · Listen from 7:18
Episodes
709. The Terror: The Execution of Marie Antoinette (Part 3)The Rest Is History · Sep 27, 2026 · 1 h 12 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook recount Marie Antoinette's imprisonment, trial and execution in 1793, Jacques Hébert's campaign against her, and her son Louis Charles's fate.
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