The French Revolution: The Diamond Necklace Scandal (TRIH ep 476, part 2)
1785 · Resource
This episode examines the Affair of the Diamond Necklace and its cultural context in 1784–1785 France. Beginning with Beaumarchais's controversial 1784 play The Marriage of Figaro, Tom and Dominic trace how elite satire and court factionalism set the scene for a farce-turned-scandal.
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- Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Choral) (1824)
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