Bourbon Restoration in France
Event in History
Bourbon Restoration in France has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Tom HollandEnglish actor cast as Telemachus
Holland maintains that the revolution destroyed the mystique a 19th-century monarchy needed to survive.
“I think it destroys the mystique that ultimately a monarchy in the 19th century required”
The Rest Is History: 709. The Terror: The Execution of Marie Antoinette (Part 3) (Sep 27, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:32
Dominic SandbrookBritish historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History
Sandbrook disagrees that the monarchy was doomed, noting the restored monarchy lasted 33 years and suggesting a French monarchy today is not inconceivable.
“French monarchy returned in 1815 and it lasted till 1848. I mean, that's 33 years”
The Rest Is History: 709. The Terror: The Execution of Marie Antoinette (Part 3) (Sep 27, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:15
Podcasts
- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
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.