What Tom Holland has said about Trial of Marie Antoinette
2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 27, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Trial of Marie Antoinette 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 states that Marie Antoinette did conspire with France's enemies and passed them military information.
“she did conspire with those foreign enemies. She did pass on sensitive military information to foreign agents”
The Rest Is History: 709. The Terror: The Execution of Marie Antoinette (Part 3) (Sep 27, 2026) · Listen from 8:26
Holland argues that France's bankruptcy was caused by support for the American Revolution, not Marie Antoinette's extravagance.
“Marie Antoinette hadn't bankrupted the French state. It was supporting the American tax rebels that had done that”
The Rest Is History: 709. The Terror: The Execution of Marie Antoinette (Part 3) (Sep 27, 2026) · Listen from 52:43
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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