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]

(Even in the play it's based on, it's clear the author didn't really understand the Revolution.)

I've read a few excerpts from it (the ones I could get for free online) and some of the characterization is definitely strange, probably the result of the author's obsessive fixation with Robespierre that, to my understanding, is somewhat irrelevant to the real Robespierre. I read enough to realize I should not be reading this until I finish my current project researching the trial of the indulgents lest it influence my conclusions in strange ways...

It has nothing to do with the Revolution as portrayed in reputable historical sources...but people think it does. If people realized that everyone and everything in it is not merely a caricature but a caricature of a caricature, then perhaps I wouldn't have such a problem.
That seems to be the problem pretty much all historical fiction (and even some historical fact...) about the Revolution, or most of history. People tend to forget about the "fiction" part of "historical fiction" even though it is clearly stated in the title of the genre!

[livviebway.livejournal.com]

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.

[victoriavandal.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I love her - I just hope I don't turn into her!

[livviebway.livejournal.com]

Just try to avoid the drugs and painting your food with lye...

[victoriavandal.livejournal.com]

Well, the central heating here hasn't worked for years, so there's a start!