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The Dreyfus affair : the scandal that tore France in two / Piers Paul Read.

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. However, Dreyfus also had enemies, especially within the impoverished aristocracy, who disliked him becau...

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Main Author: Read, Piers Paul, 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2012.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:
Dreyfus, Alfred, > 1859-1935.
Dreyfus, Alfred, > 1859-1935 > Influence.
Scandals > France > History > 19th century.
Trials (Treason) > Political aspects > France.
Antisemitism > France > History > 19th century.
Religion and politics > France > History > 19th century.
France > Politics and government > 1870-1940.
France > History > Third Republic, 1870-1940.
France > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Before the affair
  • The French Revolution
  • The Third Republic
  • Edouard Drumont
  • pt. 2. Alfred Dreyfus
  • Evidence of treason
  • Dreyfus accused
  • Dreyfus condemned
  • The Salvation Islands
  • pt. 3. The affair
  • The first Dreyfusards
  • Colonel Picquart
  • Commandant Esterhazy
  • Emile Zola
  • The pen versus the sword
  • The road to Rennes
  • Rennes
  • The last act
  • Epilogue
  • Principal characters.

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