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The Rest Is History · October 7, 2026 · 1h 36m

712. The Terror: The Fall of Robespierre (Part 6)

Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland conclude their series on the Terror and the French Revolution. The episode examines why the Terror reached unprecedented levels of bloodshed in 1794 and who held power in France at that point. It traces the fall of Maximilien Robespierre, including how his former allies destroyed him and sent him to the guillotine. The episode presents his gory execution as the climactic end of the series.

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The Terror reached unprecedented bloodshed in 1794
The episode asks why the Terror became even bloodier in 1794 than it had been before.
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Who was running France during the Terror's peak
The episode examines who was actually holding power in France at this stage of the Revolution.
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