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03507aam a22005298a 4500 001 EFF6C8907FAD11E18B4452A96AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20190815012642 008 110823s2012 nyu b 001 0deng 010 $a 2011034456 020 $a 1608194329 (alk. paper) 020 $a 9781608194322 (alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d YDXCP $d BDX $d LF3 $d IK2 $d BWX $d CDX $d BUR $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-fr--- 050 00 $a DC354 $b .R33 2012 100 1 $a Read, Piers Paul, $d 1941- 245 1 $a The Dreyfus affair : $b the scandal that tore France in two / $c Piers Paul Read. 250 $a 1st U.S. ed. 260 $a New York : $b Bloomsbury Press, $c 2012. 300 $a 408 p., [16] p. of plates : $b ill., maps ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a 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 because he was rich, bourgeois, and, above all, a Jew. On the basis of flimsy evidence, he was arrested for high treason, and sentenced to 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. 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. The Dreyfus scandal still has much to teach us, and prizewinning novelist, biographer, and narrative historian Piers Paul Read brings this real-life morality tale alive for a new generation.--From publisher description. 505 0 $a Before the affair -- The French Revolution -- The Third Republic -- Edouard Drumont -- Alfred Dreyfus -- Evidence of treason -- Dreyfus accused -- Dreyfus condemned -- The Salvation Islands -- 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. 600 10 $a Dreyfus, Alfred, $d 1859-1935. 600 10 $a Dreyfus, Alfred, $d 1859-1935 $x Influence. 650 0 $a Scandals $z France $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Trials (Treason) $x Political aspects $z France. 650 0 $a Antisemitism $z France $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Religion and politics $z France $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a France $x Politics and government $y 1870-1940. 651 0 $a France $x History $y Third Republic, 1870-1940. 651 0 $a France $x Intellectual life $y 19th century. 941 $a 11 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240716051427.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200702012739.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204044504.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110030633.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006063508.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20150926015611.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20150507021233.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20150506012832.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20140715010739.0 952 $l PWAX296 $d 20121005141448.0 $m 944.0812 R284d 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20120406010747.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EFF6C8907FAD11E18B4452A96AFF544E 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search