Arrow Books Ltd An Officer and a Spy: From the Sunday Times bestselling author

Come sempre trovo anche questo libro di Harris ricercato con grande cura e rispetto per la verità. Sa narrare ... e questa è una storia vera

A very interestin and absorbing real story.Liked the book as a vintage collection.So far i hv bought 50 books and several dvds all on war history and world history for my own reading and for my sons grandchildren and their grandchildren.i of 73 yrs age.Thanks to Amazon for the grand services.

J'ai dévoré ce gros livre en moins de 24 heures. Comme toujours chez Robert Harris, c'est très bien documenté, palpitant et bien écrit. Je ne savais pas grand-chose sur l'affaire Dreyfus et on reste ébahi devant l'incroyable déni de justice dont a été victime le malheureux capitaine, et les pressions exercées par l'armée pour empêcher sa réhabilitation et protéger le vrai coupable plutôt que de reconnaître son erreur... Bref un excellent thriller doublé d'une leçon d'histoire! De plus l'anglais de Robert Harris se lit facilement.

excelente thriller historico, a verdade de uma grande injustiça feita com um homen do bem, que finalmente pode ser reivindicado

The best of Robert Harris's novels. This is a novel based on the Dreyfus Affair - the most famous miscarriage of justice in history. Alfred Dreyfus was a Jewish army Captain from a privileged background in a society which was, to a large extent, anti-Semitic. In 1895 he was tried in secret military court with spying for Germany, publically humiliated, and sentenced to a lifetime in solitary on Devil's Island. George Picquart, a fellow army officer was involved in bringing him to trial and acted as a witness at the trial to the War Minister. The tale is told from Picquart's first person point of view. He comes to the realisation, as the Colonel in charge of the Statistical Section (France's spy agency), that the conviction and imprisonment of Dreyfus was based on forged documents and that there was another spy operating in France. A true tale of someone taking on the establishment - the press, the senior army staff and politicians. A compelling and well-written page-turner.