What Tom Holland has said about Le Père Duchesne
2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 27, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Le Père Duchesne 2 times 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
Holland cites an estimate that one in seven of Hébert's articles concerned Marie Antoinette.
“it's been estimated that one in seven of the articles that he published over the course of the revolution was about Marie Antoinette”
The Rest Is History: 709. The Terror: The Execution of Marie Antoinette (Part 3) (Sep 27, 2026) · Listen from 20:41
Holland argues that Hébert's campaign branded the French monarchy as monstrous and grotesque, dooming it in the long run.
“what it did was to brand the French monarchy as something monstrous. as something contemptible as well, something grotesque”
The Rest Is History: 709. The Terror: The Execution of Marie Antoinette (Part 3) (Sep 27, 2026) · Listen from 1:01:41
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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