A tram mix-up in French history (5)
I believe the answer is:
marat
'french history' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'a tram mix-up' is the wordplay.
'mix-up' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'tram'='atram'
'atram' is an anagram of 'MARAT'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for marat that I've seen before include "French revolutionary politician" , "Jean Paul -, assassinated French revolutionary" , "Jean Paul, French revolutionary, murdered in his bath" , "revolutionary stabbed" , "Revolutionary leader" .)