Tom Holland

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The Rest Is History · 708. The Terror: The Reign of Robespierre (Part 2) · 23 Sep 2026 podcast

And he wins a scholarship to an elite Jesuit foundation. matched

It's not actually being run by the Jesuits at this point because they've been expelled from France, but it still maintains that Jesuit ethos of emphasizing education. matched

And this is a school called the Collège Louis-le-Grand in Paris. matched

And previous alumni of this school had included Molière and Voltaire. matched

And also intriguingly, the Marquis de Sade. matched

So he'd been there too. matched

And I looked this up and the list of alumni who followed in Robespierre's way is amazing. matched

So Victor Hugo, Sartre, Roland Barthes, Jacques Chirac. matched

Jacques Chirac, friend of the show. matched

The man who loves a quick shower. matched

Yeah. matched

called.

was three minutes, wasn't it?

Shower included.

Remember? matched

Jacques Derrida. matched

Okay. matched

Thomas Pinkerty. matched

So, I mean, absolute roll call of famous French writers and intellectuals. matched

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