Robert Darnton guides us through the streets of Paris in the decades leading up to the French Revolution
The French Revolution of 1789 is one of the defining events of world history – but the decades preceding the revolution were also seismic, being marked by war, royal scandal, financial crisis and scientific wonder. In conversation with Rob Attar, Robert Darnton takes us on a journey through the streets of Paris in the 40 years that preceded the storming of the Bastille.
Robert Darnton is the author of The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748–1789 (Penguin, 2023)