From abandoned palaces to Revolutionary executions, this Q&A dives into five gripping questions from the community!

Why didn’t Louis XVI flee during the October Days of 1789?

What became of Versailles after the royal family moved to Paris?

Why didn’t the Royal Navy intervene during the 1793 Siege of Dunkirk?

Were there more “polite” versions of Republican marriages and baptisms?

Why did the Jacobins bother with the show trials of 1793? What was the purpose behind prosecuting the Girondins and Marie Antoinette?

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