Dreyfus : The Prisoner of Devil's Island. A Full Story of the Most Remarkable Military Trial and Scandal of the Age
by Harding, William
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- fair
- Hardcover
- first
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- Fair
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
N.p.: Associated Publishing Company, 1899. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo. 406 pages. Hardcover bound in burgundy cloth. Heavy wear to the binding, which as some mottling and old damp stains and non-active mildrew stains. A reading copy only. The inner hinges are secure, and the text itself is a little toned but generally quite clean. Illustrated. This is the notorious case of Captain Alfred Dreyfus a French artillery officer who was Jewish and who was charged with treason and railroaded through a unprofessional trail and sentences to life in prison at Devil's Island. Later it came out that the real traitor was someone else, but the evidence was suppressed and the whistle blower was transferred. There was an army cover up to conceal his innocence. His supporters made a lot of noise and engaged a campaign for a new trial. He was eventually released. There were not many Jewish officers in the French Army, and anti-Semitism was evident in his superiors and his charges. The "Dreyfus Affair" created quite a stir in Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039452
- Title
- Dreyfus : The Prisoner of Devil's Island. A Full Story of the Most Remarkable Military Trial and Scandal of the Age
- Author
- Harding, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Associated Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- N.p.
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- 1899; William Harding; Dvil's Island; Captain Alfred Dreyfus; French; France; Military Trial; Treason; Controversy; Jewish; Jew; Judaica; Dreyfus Affair; Anti-Semitism.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Law; Europe; Military Science & General Military History;
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Greensboro, North Carolina
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Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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