The History Channel's documentary offered a broad chronological perspective of the French Revolution. The documentary's main historiographical focus through its cinematic choices appeared to demonstrate the reasons for the Revolution. How they presented the facts of the revolution worked to contrast life of both social orders of France, before and during the revolution. In the first half of the documentary, the writers contrasted the lives of the monarch and nobility with that of the gentry. They folded layers of scenes articulating the extravagance of the upper class and the destitution of the common populace. When showing the revolution, the documentary instead highlighted the brutality of war and the abundance of décès à guillotine. They documenter certainly worked to show the turning of the Wheel of Fortune when it came to the monarch's power.
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