Tom Holland

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

And his own room is very, very Spartan, which is exactly how he likes it. matched

So there's a bed, there's a writing table, there's some bookshelves, absolutely nothing else. matched

So it is a suitably ascetic retreat for the incorruptible. matched

Nobody ever hints at any impropriety in Robespierre's relationship with the women of the Dupley family. matched

Just going to emphasise that. matched

So he's in his room. matched

And that evening, he sits down at his desk and he ponders the terrible crisis that is facing France and the revolution. matched

So there are foreign armies on French soil, the Austrians, the Prussians. matched

There is a British naval blockade. matched

There is a mass insurrection in Vendée. matched

We heard about that in the last episode. matched

There are counter-revolutionary uprisings, federalist uprisings, historians call them, in cities that include Lyon, Marseille, and crucially, the great naval base of Toulon, where the British Navy is... matched

hovering on the margins. matched

And of course, there are food shortages in Paris. matched

And so there are demonstrations in the streets all the time. matched

Robespierre contemplates this and then he draws up, let's call it a catechism. matched

The religious quality of the most radical revolutionaries, I think, is very evident. matched

And this is an example. matched

And what Robespierre is trying to do matched

is to define the precise challenges that he will be facing as a member of the Committee of Public Safety, which he's going to be joining the following day. matched

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