Accounts of Committee meeting on March 30, '94 (when Danton's arrest was ordered)??

[wolfshadow713.livejournal.com]

I know that there aren't any official minutes of the March 30 joint meeting of the Committees (or any meeting, really), but there are at least partial accounts of what transpired. Does anyone know of a relatively complete account, either from some primary source document (ie. someone's memoirs) or something pieced together by historians)?

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[wolfshadow713.livejournal.com]

The quote that you mention--the one about being a "friend"--is actually the one to which I was alluding. I needn't elaborate very much to give you an idea of how the NY Times twisted that. But the NY Times book review is notoriously biased, so what can one expect?

What the more moderate revolutionaries found out is proving true for the more reasonable historians: being the voice of reason in the middle of a controversy is often the most dangerous position to take.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Yes, I can see how easily that might have been twisted. And then, it's really a pity the NY Times in general is so biased on such subjects, especially as it's so widely trusted.

I would agree with that, but with one caveat, which is that the position of the voice of reason needn't necessarily--as many wrongly assume--be that which is squarely in the middle of the opposing sides.