The Dreyfus affair : the scandal that tore France in two

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The Dreyfus affair : the scandal that tore France in two

Title remainder

the scandal that tore France in two

Statement of responsibility

Piers Paul Read

Creator

• Read, Piers Paul, 1941-

Subject

• Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935
• Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935 -- Influence
• France -- History -- Third Republic, 1870-1940
• France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
• Antisemitism -- France -- History -- 19th century
• Religion and politics -- France -- History -- 19th century
• Scandals -- France -- History -- 19th century
• Trials (Treason) -- Political aspects -- France
• France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940

Language

eng

Summary

Captain Alfred Dreyfus was a rising star in the French artillery command. Reserved yet intelligent and ambitious, Dreyfus had everything: a family, money, and a clear path to a prestigious post. However, Dreyfus also had enemies, especially within the impoverished aristocracy, who disliked him because he was rich, bourgeois, and, above all, a Jew. On the basis of flimsy evidence, he was arrested for high treason, and sentenced to life on the legendary, lethal Devil's Island. The saga of Dreyfus's many trials--he was not exonerated until 1906, twelve years after first being arrested--the fight to free him, and the intrigues on both sides, is a fast-moving mystery story rife with heroes and villains, loose women, loyal wives, bisexual men, tricksters, and charlatans. The anti-Semitism and deceit on display in the Dreyfus case was an ominous prelude to the Holocaust and the long, bloody twentieth century to come. The Dreyfus scandal still has much to teach us, and prizewinning novelist, biographer, and narrative historian Piers Paul Read brings this real-life morality tale alive for a new generation.--From publisher description

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

944.081/2

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

DC354

LC item number

.R33 2012

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography