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The Rest Is History · September 27, 2026 · 1h 11m

709. The Terror: The Execution of Marie Antoinette (Part 3)

Dominic Sandbrook, Tom Holland

Tom and Dominic explore the final months of Marie Antoinette after the execution of Louis XVI, examining the grim conditions of her imprisonment, the political divisions among revolutionaries over her fate, and the dramatic details of her walk to the guillotine. They place her execution within the wider context of the Terror, showing how the former queen's death came to symbolise the radical break with the monarchy.

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The Conditions of Her Imprisonment
Tom and Dominic describe the physical and emotional conditions of Marie Antoinette’s imprisonment after the execution of Louis XVI.
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Revolutionary Divisions Over Her Fate
The hosts explain why the French Revolutionaries were split on whether to execute the former queen.
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