The Dreyfus affair : the scandal that tore France in two
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury Press, c2012.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
408 pages, [16] pages of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Status
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
944.0812 READ 2012
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944.0812 READ 2012
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Antisemitism -- France -- History -- 19th century.
Dreyfus, Alfred, -- 1859-1935
Dreyfus, Alfred, -- 1859-1935 -- Influence.
France -- History -- Third Republic, 1870-1940.
France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940.
Religion and politics -- France -- History -- 19th century.
Scandals -- France -- History -- 19th century.
Trials (Treason) -- Political aspects -- France.
Dreyfus, Alfred, -- 1859-1935
Dreyfus, Alfred, -- 1859-1935 -- Influence.
France -- History -- Third Republic, 1870-1940.
France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940.
Religion and politics -- France -- History -- 19th century.
Scandals -- France -- History -- 19th century.
Trials (Treason) -- Political aspects -- France.
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury Press, c2012.
Format
Book
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical notes and references (p. [365]-388).
Description
July 20, 1894. The German military attache in Paris receives a visit from a seedy-looking man who claims to be a French army officer in desperate need of money, offering to sell them military secrets. 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 on the General Staff. However, Dreyfus had enemies as a result of his ambition. Many of them came from the impoverished Catholic aristocracy and disliked Dreyfus because he was rich, bourgeois, and, above all, a Jew. On the basis of flimsy evidence, Dreyfus was placed under arrest for the crime of high treason. Not long afterward, he was sentenced to spend the rest of his 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. But this was no mere sideshow. 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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Read, P. P. (2012). The Dreyfus affair: the scandal that tore France in two (1st U.S. ed.). Bloomsbury Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Read, Piers Paul, 1941-. 2012. The Dreyfus Affair: The Scandal That Tore France in Two. Bloomsbury Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Read, Piers Paul, 1941-. The Dreyfus Affair: The Scandal That Tore France in Two Bloomsbury Press, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Read, Piers Paul. The Dreyfus Affair: The Scandal That Tore France in Two 1st U.S. ed., Bloomsbury Press, 2012.
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