The Man On Devil&Apos S Island: Alfred Dreyfus And Affair That Divided France Ruth Harris Penguin Books Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

Winner Of The Wolfson History Prize 2010 And National Jewish Book Award For Biographyruth Harris Writes Beautifully Engagingly On A Moment In French That Polarized Society Undermined State Repercussions Which Were Felt Up To Outbreak Second World War At End September 1894 Charlady Stole An Undated Unsigned Letter From Wastepaper Bin German Military Attaché Paris Torn Pieces But Stuck Back Together By Intelligence This Document Contained Secrets Middle October Captain Army Called Alfred Dreyfus Was Accused Being Its Author As It Turned Out He Entirely Innocent Time Few Questioned Verdict Subsequent Court Martial Nor Unanimous Decision Sentence Him Life Penal Servitude Public Opinion Outraged Minister General Auguste Mercier Asked Reintroduction Death Penalty So Could Be Guillotined Although Request Down Still Subjected Special Conditions: Rather Than Going New Caledonia Like Other Transported Convicts Sent Much Harsher Devil\ S Island Off Coast Guiana Condemned Solitary Confinement Murderous Conditions Authorities Did Not Expect - Probably Want Survive Undisputed Dreyfus\ Conviction No One Had Any Inkling Would Queried Let Alone Case Become Scandal Nearly Brought Changed Political Course Nation Transformed Way Country Viewed Itself Others Σελίδες: 560 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm