First published 2012
In 1894, a cleaning lady uncovers a military secret that ensnares an innocent Jewish officer. As Captain Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and exiled to the hellish Devil's Island, a 12-year fight erupts to clear his name and confront the anti-Semitism that condemned him. This notorious miscarriage of justice stunned the world and unleashed hatreds that would echo through the century to come.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, 19th-century, antisemitism
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, social-commentary
Setting: France
Period: Third Republic, 1870-1940, 19th Century
416 pages · Hardcover · Bloomsbury Publishing