An Officer and a Spy

Posted on 20 October 2018 by Robert Harris

Robert Harris returns to the thrilling historical fiction he has so brilliantly made his own This is the story of the infamous Dreyfus affair told as a chillingly dark, hard edged novel of conspiracy and espionage Paris in 1895 Alfred Dreyfus, a young Jewish officer, has just been convicted of treason, sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil s Island, and stripped of his rank in front of a baying crowd of twenty thousand Among the witnesses to his humiliation is Georges Picquart, the ambitious, intellectual, recently promoted head of the counterespionage agency that proved Dreyfus had passed secrets to the Germans At first, Picquart firmly believes in Dreyfus s guilt But it is not long after Dreyfus is delivered to his desolate prison that Picquart stumbles on information that leads him to suspect that there is still a spy at large in the French military As evidence of the most malignant deceit mounts and spirals inexorably toward the uppermost levels of government, Picquart is compelled to question not only the case against Dreyfus but also his most deeply held beliefs about his country, and about himself Bringing to life the scandal that mesmerized the world at the turn of the twentieth century, Robert Harris tells a tale of uncanny timeliness a witch hunt, secret tribunals, out of control intelligence agencies, the fate of a whistle blower richly dramatized with the singular storytelling mastery that has marked all of his internationally best selling novels. Best Download [ An Officer and a Spy ] By [ Robert Harris ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr There is no such thing as a secret not really, not in the modern world, not with photography and telegraphy and railways and newspaper presses The old days of an inner circle of like minded souls communicating with parchment and quill pens are gone Sooner or later most things will be revealed Captain Alfred Dreyfus s mugshotGeorges Picquart was as convinced of Captain Alfred Dreyfus s guilt as anyone else in 1894 In fact for the invaluable service he provided during the affair he becomes There is no such thing as a secret not really, not in the modern world, not with photography and telegraphy and railways and newspaper presses The old days of an inner circle of like minded souls communicating with parchment and quill pens are gone Sooner or later most things will be revealed Captain Alfred Dreyfus s mugshotGeorges Picquart was as convinced of Captain Alfred Dreyfus s guilt as anyone else in 1894 In fact for the invaluable service he provided during the affair he becomes the youngest Lie...4.5 starsThere are occasions when losing is a victory, so long as there is a fight This is an excellent work of historical fiction based on a real life man of honor and duty, French Army officer Georges Picquart, and his determination to uncover the truth surrounding the arrest and conviction of Captain Alfred Dreyfus in what is considered to be one of the greatest judicial debacles in history While France was still stunned by the victory of the Germans in the Franco Prussian war in 1870, hos 4.5 starsThere are occasions when losing is a victory, so long as there is a fight This is an excellent work of historical fiction based on a real life man of honor and duty, French Army officer Georges Picquart, and his determination to uncover...Who should read this book All who love spy novels All who love mysteries and thrillers All who are interested in the Dreyfus affair All who are interested in issues concerning anti Semitism All who enjoy GOOD historical fiction All who would enjoy a book set in Paris in the 1890s All interested in mile Zola or his essay J accuse All who want books that deliver historical facts in an engaging manner All who need a book that focuses on people that are willing to place themselves in d Who should read this book All who love spy novels All who love mysteries and thrillers All who are interested in the Dreyfus affair All who are interested in issues concerning anti Semitism All who enjoy GOOD historical fiction All who would enjoy a book set in Paris in the 1890s All interested in mile Zola or his essay J accuse All who want books that deliver historical facts in an engaging manner All who need a book that focuses on people that are willing to place t...Like many people, I am aware of the Dreyfus affair that took place in France in the late 19th century, but my knowledge was mostly peripheral I knew that Alfred Dreyfus was a French soldier who was accused of spying on France for the Germans I was born and raised Jewish, so it was also part of my heritage to recognize the persecuted Jews of the past Harris s novel awakened my understanding of the political and social climate of that period in history, and informed me of how this colossal misc Like many people, I am aware of the Dreyfus affair that took place in France in the late 19th century, but my knowledge was mostly peripheral I knew that...In 1898 the French newspaper L Aurore printed an open letter from writer Emile Zola Under the banner headlineJ accuse , Zola accused the government of anti Semitism and the unlawful jailing of French Army officer Alfred Dreyfus The letter caused a huge a uproar, as Zola pointed out the serious errors in the case against Dreyfus who had been packed off to the notorious Devil s Island in French Guyana and a lack of serious evidence to back up the charges.The Dreyfus Affair, as it became In 1898 the French newspaper L Aurore printed an open letter from writer Emile Zola Under the banner headlineJ accuse , Zola accused the government of anti Semitism and the unlawful jailing of French Army officer Alfred Dreyfus The letter caused a huge a uproar, as Zola pointed out the serious errors in the case against Dreyfus who had been packed off to the notorious Devil s Island in French Guyana and a lack of serious evidence to back up the charges.The Dreyfus Affair, as it became known, was a part of European history that had passed me by up to this point But in this dramatisation viewed through the eyes of Georges Picquart, the head of a French clandestine intelligence unit Harris brings events surrounding this famous miscarriage of justice to life Dreyfus h...I heard the whip crack twice The driver shouted a command The wagon accelerated free of the mob, turned left, and disappeared.An instant later the order was given for the parade to march past The stamp of boots seemed to shake the ground Bugles were blown Drums beat time As the band struck up Sambre et Meuse it started to snow I felt a great sense of release I believe we all did Spontaneously we turned to one another and shook hands It was as if a healthy body had purged itself of s I heard the whip crack twice The driver shouted a command The wagon...Robert Harris has done it again He has written a historical novel that dragged me in so deep that it made me feel uncomfortable as if I was the protagonist Nail biting stuff This time the book is about the Dreyfus affair, a real historic event that took place in between 1894 and 1906.The story is told by Colonel Georges Picquart, who becomes head of counter espionage and finds out that there is something really fishy about the whole affair.This affair had the whole country France devided at Robert Harris has done it again He has written a historical novel that dragged me in so deep that it made me feel uncomfortable as if I was the protagonist Nail biting stuff This time the book is about the Dreyfus affair, a real historic event that took place in between 1894 and 1906.The story is told by Colonel Georges Picquart, who becomes head of counter espionage and finds out that there is something really fishy about the whole affair.This affair had the whole country France devided at the time One of the supporters of Dreyfus was the writer mile Zola.Part two of the book in particular is exciting and fr...People say to one another, There has to beto it than meets the eye, when the truth is there is less And the longer this scandal goes on, thecolossal and absurd becomes the discrepancy in size between the original crime and the monumental efforts to cover up the judicial error And so a travesty of justice and a monumental effort to cover up the facts, together with a mob mentality resulted in an enormous scandal in late nineteenth century France in what became known as the not People say to one another, There has to beto it than meets the eye, when the truth is there is less And the l...A Literary Lawyer winner of a 2015 Gavel Award for Best Historical Fiction My 4 Best Read for 2014 An Intriguing Look into Historical Scandal 5 Stars Robert Harris has written an intriguing thriller chronicling what is know as the Dreyfus affair I don t blame you if you know nothing of this event as it was unknown to me when I open the novel Fans of political thriller, historical fiction and history should find this to be a perfect mesh of genres While I remain unable to separate the A Literary Lawyer winner of a 2015 Gavel Award for Best Historical Fiction My 4 Best Read for 2014 An Intriguing Look into Historical Scandal 5 Stars Robert Harris has written an intriguing thriller chronicling what is know as the Dreyfus affair I don t blame you if you know nothing of this event as it was unknown to me when I open the novel Fans of political thriller, historical fiction and history should find this to be a perfect mesh of genres While I remain unable to separate the fact from the author s fiction, further investigation leads me to believe this is reasonably accurate version of events Plot summary In 1894 a Captain in the French Army by the name of Alfred Dreyfus was arrested,...Classic Robert Harris brilliant historical fiction based on the infamous Dreyfus affair This is Harris at his finest, a gripping fictionalised account of a fascinating true story Harris brings history to life like n...

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20 October 2018

Robert Harris