Libelles against Marie Antoinette
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Libelles against Marie Antoinette has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Tom HollandEnglish actor cast as Telemachus
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
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- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
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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.