Oy, these comments... oO
So, I have a passing familiarity with David, based on the French Revolution, but didn't realise until just now what a crazy opportunist he was upon... well, leap-frogging leaders and interests in order to protect his own hide, over the years!
Not sure of the raw numbers and such, but I'd guess that plenty of other people in the arts tried to play that game, but crashed & burned, so to speak. :S
