Description
National Jewish Book Awards Winner
In 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army, was wrongfully convicted of being a spy for Germany and was imprisoned on Devil's Island. Oxford historian Ruth Harris presents the scandal of the century in all its human complexity. Drawing on private letters and thousands of previously unconsidered sources, Harris offers a definitive account of the tragic drama that divided French society and stunned the world. Sweeping and engaging, Harris's retelling of the Dreyfus Affair extricates it from the myths of both the left and the right, offering a new understanding of one of the most significant episodes in modern history.Author: Ruth Harris
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 06/01/2011
Pages: 572
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.31w x 0.94d
ISBN13: 9780312572983
ISBN10: 0312572980
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | France
- History | Jewish | General
About the Author
Ruth Harris is the author of Lourdes: Body and Spirit in the Secular Age. A fellow and tutor at Oxford University, she has written widely on topics in French history, cultural history, women's history, and the history of medicine. She lives in Oxford, England.