Amie Strachan met with the author of a new book on the favourite of Marie Antoinette who lost his head in the Revolution.
John Hardman, who was Antoine Barnave? Barnave (1761-93) was a young barrister from Grenoble who gained national recognition in 1788 with pamphlets attacking the government. At the age of 27 he was elected to the estates-general and played a prominent radical role...