4/4. Think of France in 1789 and we recall the guillotine, the tumbrels and the Paris mob. But could it be that generations of French historians have helped us to forget the most bloody and morally inconvenient saga of the Revolutionary period? Michael Portillo travels deep into rural France to dig up some difficult memories that have nothing at all to do with liberty, equality or fraternity. producer Tom Alban An Open University free booklet accompanies this series and can be obtained by calling [number removed]44