Reign of Terror

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Reign of Terror has come up in 2 episodes across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.

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Sandbrook argues Robespierre was the Terror's chief spokesman but not its sole proponent, and was scapegoated afterwards.
“Robespierre was the great spokesman for the terror, its most articulate defender, but he wasn't the sole proponent of it”
The Rest Is History: 712. The Terror: The Fall of Robespierre (Part 6) (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:27:50
Sandbrook argues that popular accounts are wrong to say Robespierre fell because of a backlash against the Terror, since those who toppled him were enthusiastic terrorists.
“every sort of popular account you read says Robespierre fell because of a backlash against the terror. But that's just not the case”
The Rest Is History: 712. The Terror: The Fall of Robespierre (Part 6) (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:25:33

Holland says Robespierre recognized that Marie Antoinette posed no threat to the revolution and focused instead on the Girondins.
“he can recognize that Marie Antoinette is now, she's no threat to the revolution whatsoever. She is a broken, defeated woman”
The Rest Is History: 709. The Terror: The Execution of Marie Antoinette (Part 3) (Sep 27, 2026) · Listen from 18:24

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712. The Terror: The Fall of Robespierre (Part 6)
The Rest Is History · Oct 7, 2026 · 1 h 37 min
Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland recount the summer of 1794, the coup of 9 Thermidor and the execution of Robespierre, concluding their French Revolution series.
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.