With connections to Louis XVI, the Flight to Varennes, Napoleon’s downfall and some serious workplace health and safety violations...
Facing setbacks and defeat, the insurrectionists of Paris recommitted to the cause. Surrounding the Convention with armed force, the...
The speech of a madman, or an overblown affair? This Episode Extra unpacks the reactions and controversies surrounding Isnard’s...
Insurrection! With deadlock paralysing the Convention, and the Commission of Twelve provoking the radicals of Paris, another journée...
This episode extra examines the actions of Jacques Hébert which anger the Commission of Twelve. It also explores claims that the plotting...
With the revolution paralysed by factional feuds, the people of Paris moved to break the deadlock. This episode explores the weeks...
Danton was accused by many of secretly conspiring with General Dumouriez. What evidence supports these claims, and how do historians...
Once a hero of the revolution, the King’s cousin was arrested on the 4th of April. What did the Jacobin deputy do to warrant such...
Division and discord cripples the Convention as factional warfare consumes the deputies. Empowered with new legislation, and gripped by...
Hear the mighty Danton argue for a dramatic reorganisation of the executive branch.
With the French Revolution engulfed in crises, the deputies of the Convention (eventually) took action. New measures were introduced to...
While the revolution was surrounded by dangers, they could also be found within. Multiple crises radicalise the sans-culottes of the...
