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The Terror: An Assassination in Paris (Part 1)

9/20/2026 • 85 min

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 t… Play episode

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