What Tom Holland has said about Libelles against Marie Antoinette
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 27, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Libelles against 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
Holland argues that much of what was reported about Marie Antoinette in the 1780s and 1790s was grotesque misogynistic fantasy.
“a lot of what is reported about Marie Antoinette in the 1780s and then into the 1790s is grotesque. And I think one could say misogynistic fantasy”
The Rest Is History: 709. The Terror: The Execution of Marie Antoinette (Part 3) (Sep 27, 2026) · Listen from 5:34
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.
Tom Holland on other topics
- Samurai · 9 quotes
- Odyssey · 7 quotes
- Slavery in the United States · 7 quotes
- Fall of Maximilien Robespierre · 4 quotes
- Habsburg monarchy · 4 quotes
- Jefferson–Hemings controversy · 4 quotes
- Apartheid · 4 quotes
- Mona Lisa · 4 quotes