1789, l’année où Versailles s’effondra, avec Alexandre Maral

Make a donation and receive a gift: http://don.storiavoce.com/ [Rebroadcast] What if we didn't know everything about 1789? In The Last Days of Versailles, historian Alexandre Maral immerses us in the heart of this pivotal year, following the day-to-day accounts of those who experienced the fall of a world. Through a unity of time and place—Versailles, the final theater of royal power—the author accurately recreates the upheaval of the monarchy. For 1789 was the last year that Versailles reigned. The seemingly immutable court rituals were swept away by a succession of unprecedented revolutions: political on June 17, popular on July 14, societal on August 4, ideological on August 26, and social on October 5 and 6. In less than four months, a thousand-year-old order collapsed. A gripping look behind the scenes of a historic upheaval. Our guest: Historian Alexandre Maral wrote "The Last Days of Versailles" (Perrin, 832 pages, €13). *** Facebook:   / histoireetcivilisationsmag   Instagram:   / histoireetcivilisations   Twitter:   / storiavoce