Trial of Marie Antoinette
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Trial of Marie Antoinette 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 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
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
Dominic SandbrookBritish historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History
Sandbrook argues that revolutionaries who accused Marie Antoinette of conspiring with foreign powers were correct.
“when they accuse her of plotting against the revolution, conspiring against them, consorting with foreign powers against the French people, they're not wrong”
The Rest Is History: 709. The Terror: The Execution of Marie Antoinette (Part 3) (Sep 27, 2026) · Listen from 7:18
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.