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or you can get all of History Daily plus other fantastic history podcasts at into History.com. It's August 15th, 1785 at the Palace of Versailles in France.

50-year-old Cardinal Louis René-Edoir Rowan hurries along a grand hallway in the Royal Palace,

smoothing down his robes as he goes.

As a Cardinal in the Catholic Church, Rowan is a prominent figure in the court. A few minutes ago he was

preparing to celebrate Mass for King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette.

Rowan was especially looking forward to being in the company of the Queen, a woman he sure harbours romantic feelings for him.

But as he was dawning his vestments, Rowan received a summons from the King and he has no idea why he's been called.

Dorman steps aside as Roland enters the hall of mirrors.

As usual, the grandest room in the palace is packed with courtiers hoping to gain the attention of the king, but Louis is deep in conversation

with his chief minister. Ron pushes his way through the crowd toward the throne and bows

deeply before the king. He remains locked in position, eyes on the floor,

waiting for the king to grant him permission to rise, but the king doesn't respond.

The courtier is closest to the throne sense a change in the atmosphere.

Their conversations fade, and soon every set of eyes in the room is locked on the standoff between the king and his bowing cardinal.

As Rowan's knees begin to tremble, he risks a glance up at the throne.

He sees King Louis glaring at him, clearly angry.

Eventually, the king gestures and Rowan rises unsteadily, but the king still doesn't speak to him.

Instead he just leans to the side and whispers to his chief minister.

Then, in a loud voice that carries across the hall of mirrors, the chief minister tells a guard to arrest the

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