Tom Holland

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

to which revolutionaries will repeatedly succumb. matched

And Robespierre also blames traitors and conspirators. matched

And these are perhaps the most pernicious enemies of all, because these are monsters who wear the show of patriotism, but who secretly beneath the surface are working for the overthrow of the revolution. matched

that they are a traitor. matched

They're protesting too much. matched

And so Robespierre draws up this list of all the enemies that France is facing. matched

He comes to the conclusion that all these perils, they're not just a kind of concatenation of distinct and separate crises, but rather the expression of a kind of omnicrisis, you might call it. matched

a singular conspiracy that has multiple tentacles and that these tentacles are reaching out to throttle the revolution wherever it can get a grip. matched

And there is a clarity to this perspective, a kind of a purity and starkness matched

which when he goes to join the Committee of Public Safety and presents it to them, his fellow members find very appealing. matched

And in fact, probably this is why they've matched

Pitt is paying for it. matched

Yeah, that's exactly what he thinks. matched

And because of his moral reputation and because of the clarity with which he expresses it, I mean, he's not accepted immediately as the leader of the committee and his fellow members don't agree with him on every point, but it does mean that his understanding of the crisis facing the revolution and what is taken to fight it becomes increasingly influential. matched

Well, it's very simple. matched

It's very simple. matched

It's very attractive. matched

Yeah, because a simple policy is always the most welcome. matched

Yeah. matched

You don't want to faff around with dealing with multiple contingencies. matched

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