Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Prussian-led plans to end the French Revolution in 1792 and their surprise defeat by an army buoyed with citizens singing the Marseillaise. Show more Melvyn ...

In April 1792, France declared war on Austria ... Years later Thomas Jefferson would admit that his own support for the French Revolution was misguided: "Your prophecies," he wrote to Adams, ...

The French Revolution would be led by shopkeepers ... From now on, the king was a pathetic figure. In September 1792, France declared herself a republic and that winter, Louis was put on trial ...