The French and Haitian Revolutions are one of the most fascinating and momentous events in what passes for western history, and yet the way liberals treat these subjects is just downright atrocious
While the horrific counter-revolution of 1776 is glorified, the French Revolution is treated like some ugly step-child they’d rather keep locked in the basement
I’m sick of it, I just want to learn about a cool-ass revolution without power-worshipping liberals throwing a conniption
The Mark Steel Revolution is a series of lectures from the late 90’s that were broadcasted on BBC Radio 4. The first one deals with the French Revolution.
I saw the extended stand up show version, and it’s really good on both details and analysis. Pretty sure I’ve never heard a bad take from Mark, he researches everything he talks about in immaculate detail.