The Rest Is History
The Rest Is History
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707. The Terror: An Assassination in Paris (Part 1)
1 hour 25 minutes Posted Sep 20, 2026 at 11:05 pm.
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How did the infamous murder of Jean-Paul Marat, one of the great firebrands of the French Revolution, unleash the bloody Terror? Why did the clashing political factions of the Revolution escalate the fractious atmosphere in France? And, which other apocalyptic threats saw the French masses clamouring for the blood of their brothers? 
Join Dominic and Tom as they launch into one of the most violent events in all world history: The Reign of Terror in Revolutionary France, and the murder of Marat, which served as one of its catalysts. 
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