Harris excels in this fictionalised journal of Georges Picquard, the officer who, despite demotion, imprisonment and threats to his life uncovered the conspiracy that condemned Alfred Dreyfus as a traitor and a spy. Based on extensive research, the book shines a beacon on the attitudes and prejudices of the time which sent an innocent man to a living death on Devil's Island. A salutary lesson on corruption in high places, a commemoration of both men - it's a tour de force!
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 73 Summer 2014 ) |
