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Thank you! I have read this book, actually, but it is a while ago. I remember it also dealing with Brissot and a number of other 'suspicious' people. As far as I remember - but this is a while ago, so please excuse my ignorance - that I did not find his argument about Barère particularly convincing, nor his evidence, but your entry made me want to read this book again and I certainly will. I think what I meant to say here was that Barère always seems to be singled out for particular criticism and that I find this puzzling, given his year-long engagement for the Revolution. Why is this man so despised today - especially since he seems so well-liked by many of his contemporaries? But this is probably a question that Leo Gershoy in 'A Reluctant Terrorist' addresses much better than I - and this had made me want to read that one again, too, so thank you very much for this interesting post on Blanc. : )