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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Read, Piers Paul, 1941-     Subjects     Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935.     Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935 -- Influence.     Scandals -- France -- History -- 19th century.     Trials (Treason) -- Political aspects -- France.     Treason -- France -- History -- 19th century.     Antisemitism -- France -- History -- 19th century.     Religion and politics -- France -- History -- 19th century.     France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940.     France -- History -- Third Republic, 1870-1940.     France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Read, Piers Paul, 1941-       by title:      The Dreyfus affair :...       by call number:      944.081 R284d     Search the Web     Read, Piers Paul, 1941-     Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935.     Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935 -- Influence.     Scandals -- France -- History -- 19th century.     Trials (Treason) -- Political aspects -- France.     Treason -- France -- History -- 19th century.     Antisemitism -- France -- History -- 19th century.     Religion and politics -- France -- History -- 19th century.     France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940.     France -- History -- Third Republic, 1870-1940.     France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.       MARC Display

The Dreyfus affair : the scandal that tore France in two / Piers Paul Read. by Read, Piers Paul, 1941- Bloomsbury Press, 2012. Call #: 944.081 R284d Subjects Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935.   Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935 -- Influence.   Scandals -- France -- History -- 19th century.   Trials (Treason) -- Political aspects -- France.   Treason -- France -- History -- 19th century.   Antisemitism -- France -- History -- 19th century.   Religion and politics -- France -- History -- 19th century.   France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940.   France -- History -- Third Republic, 1870-1940.   France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. ISBN:  9781608194322 (hc.) 1608194329 (hc.) Edition:  1st U.S. ed. Description:  408 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Pt. 1. Before the affair -- The French Revolution -- The Third Republic -- Edouard Drumont -- pt. 2. Alfred Dreyfus -- Evidence of treason -- Dreyfus accused -- Dreyfus condemned -- The Salvation Islands -- pt. 3. The affair -- The first Dreyfusards -- Colonel Picquart -- Commandant Esterhazy -- Emile Zola -- The pen versus the sword -- The road to Rennes -- Rennes -- The last act -- Epilogue -- Principal characters. 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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 944.081 R284d Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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