Robert Harris has a talent for creating a good suspense stories. This book describes in vivid details how Dreyfus Affair unfolded in 1890s in France.
Dreyfus was an young French military officer of Jewish origin from German-occupied Alsace. In 1894 he was arrested and charged with spying for Imperial Germany. He denied any involvement in any conspiracy against French Republic but due to widespread antisemitism then in France he was found guilty anyway.
Robert Harris begins the story with Dreyfus conviction in military court and then slowly and methodically exposes all the inconsistencies and prejudices found in this affair.
This is a remarkable story and anyone should know about it.
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