The Man on Devil's Island: Alfred Dreyfus and the Affair that Divided France

ISBN-13: 9780141014777 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 560 str.

Ruth Harris

Opis

Court marshalled for a crime he didn't commit, Alfred Dreyfus was sent to Devil's Island off the coast of French Guiana and condemned to solitary confinement in murderous conditions. In this book Ruth Harris addresses an event in French history that polarized society and undermined the entire French state.

Recenzje

Winner of the WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2010 and 2010 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY Prizes and awards

O autorze

Ruth Harris is a Fellow and tutor in Modern History at New College, Oxford and is the author of the highly acclaimed Lourdes.