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The Rest Is HistoryMay 3, 2021
48. The French Revolution
About This Episode
With France facing economic struggles and rising unemployment revolution was in the air. But who was in charge of the uprising and what did it achieve? Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland storm their own podcasting Bastille.
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Books Mentioned
“The mention of the Book of Revelation relates to the idea of an end time and the division of sheep and goats, alongside great spectacles of blood and the building of a new Jerusalem.”
ASIN: 1418509906
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Citizens
Simon Sharma
“Simon Sharma in his book Citizens, one reason a lot of people in France hated it was because Sharma said violence was the motor of the revolution.”
ASIN: 0679726101
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“The book 'Black Spartacus' about Toussaint Louverture, one of the leaders of the Haitian Revolution, is mentioned in relation to Napoleon's views on race.”
ASIN: 1250800056
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