http://wolfshadow713.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] wolfshadow713.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] revolution_fr2008-08-18 05:30 pm

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

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)?

[identity profile] livviebway.livejournal.com 2008-08-22 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I definitely recommend getting your hands on "The Danton Case" and "Thermidor" and reading them through. I do think they're overlooked masterpieces in the genre of Revolutionary fiction/drama. That said, they are products of their time and their author's rather bizarre personality. I recommend doing some research (or reading the wikipedia article, whatever) on the playwright before you read them, because it definitely puts them in context.

[identity profile] victoriavandal.livejournal.com 2008-08-22 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I love her - I just hope I don't turn into her!

[identity profile] livviebway.livejournal.com 2008-08-22 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Just try to avoid the drugs and painting your food with lye...

[identity profile] victoriavandal.livejournal.com 2008-08-22 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, the central heating here hasn't worked for years, so there's a start!