
The Man on Devil's Island: The Affair that Divided France
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.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Penguin Group
- Year
- 2011
- ISBN-13
- 9780141014777
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Dreyfus AffairAntisemitismFrench politics
Awards
- Wolfson History PrizeWon(2011)
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