Louis XVII of France
Subject in History
Louis XVII of 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
Dominic SandbrookBritish historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History
Sandbrook cautions that many accounts of Antoine Simon's cruelty may be coloured by royalist propaganda.
“a lot of the accounts we read are coloured with royalist propaganda”
The Rest Is History: 709. The Terror: The Execution of Marie Antoinette (Part 3) (Sep 27, 2026) · Listen from 48:47
Tom HollandEnglish actor cast as Telemachus
Holland argues the revolutionaries were haunted by the precedent of Charles II's restoration after Charles I's execution.
“I think there is a parallel from English history that haunts the revolutionaries, but it's not a medieval king. It's Charles II”
The Rest Is History: 709. The Terror: The Execution of Marie Antoinette (Part 3) (Sep 27, 2026) · Listen from 46:07
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.