The man on Devil's IIsland : Alfred Dreyfus and 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 At the end of September 1894 a charlady stole an undated and unsigned letter from the wastepaper bin of the German military attache in Paris. Torn to pieces but stuck back together by French intelligence, this document contained French military secrets. This title discusses a moment in French history.