Alfred Dreyfus The Man at the Center of the Affair
Samuels, Maurice
Book
An insightful new biography of the central figure in the Dreyfus Affair, focused on the man himself and based on newly accessible documents On January 5, 1895, Captain Alfred Dreyfus's cries of innocence were drowned out by a mob shouting "Death to Judas!" In this book, Maurice Samuels gives readers an entirely new insight into Dreyfus himself-from the point of view of the man at the center of the affair. He tells the story of Dreyfus's early life in Paris, his promising career as an officer, his being falsely accused and imprisoned for selling secrets to Germany, the pardon he was eventually granted, and his life of obscurity after World War I. Samuels's striking perspective is enriched by a newly available archive of more than three thousand documents and objects donated by the Dreyfus family. Samuels argues, unlike other historians, that Dreyfus was far from an "assimilated" Jew.
Author:
Samuels, Maurice, author
Imprint:
United States : Yale University Press, 2024.
Collation:
224 pages: 9 b-w illus. ; 21 cm.
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ISBN:
9780300254006 ((hardback))
Language:
English
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BRN:
2859813