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National Book Awards Popular Fiction Book of the Year 2013 They
lied to protect their country. He told the truth to save it. A
gripping historical thriller from the bestselling author of
FATHERLAND. January 1895. On a freezing morning in the heart of
Paris, an army officer, Georges Picquart, witnesses a convicted
spy, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, being publicly humiliated in front of
twenty thousand spectators baying 'Death to the Jew!' The officer
is rewarded with promotion: Picquart is made the French army's
youngest colonel and put in command of 'the Statistical Section' -
the shadowy intelligence unit that tracked down Dreyfus. The spy,
meanwhile, is given a punishment of medieval cruelty: Dreyfus is
shipped off to a lifetime of solitary confinement on Devil's Island
- unable to speak to anyone, not even his guards, his case seems
closed forever. But gradually Picquart comes to believe there is
something rotten at the heart of the Statistical Section. When he
discovers another German spy operating on French soil, his
superiors are oddly reluctant to pursue it. Despite official
warnings, Picquart persists, and soon the officer and the spy are
in the same predicament... Narrated by Picquart, An Officer and a
Spy is a compelling recreation of a scandal that became the most
famous miscarriage of justice in history. Compelling, too, are the
echoes for our modern world: an intelligence agency gone rogue,
justice corrupted in the name of national security, a newspaper
witch-hunt of a persecuted minority, and the age-old instinct of
those in power to cover-up their crimes.
General
Imprint: |
Arrow Books Ltd
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
May 2014 |
First published: |
2013 |
Authors: |
Robert Harris
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Dimensions: |
177 x 111 x 38mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
611 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-09-958089-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
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LSN: |
0-09-958089-6 |
Barcode: |
9780099580898 |
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