Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair by Samuels, Maurice
Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair by Samuels, Maurice

Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair

An insightful new biography of the central figure in the Dreyfus Affair, focused on the man himself...
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Author: Maurice Samuels
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair by Samuels, Maurice

Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair

$51.77
Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair by Samuels, Maurice

Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair

$51.77
Author: Maurice Samuels
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
An insightful new biography of the central figure in the Dreyfus Affair, focused on the man himself and based on newly accessible documents

"An admirable introduction not only to its nominal subject but to . . . great historical events."--Geoffrey Wheatcroft, New York Review of Books

On January 5, 1895, Captain Alfred Dreyfus's cries of innocence were drowned out by a mob shouting "Death to Judas!" In this book, Maurice Samuels gives readers new insight into Dreyfus himself--the man at the center of the affair. He tells the story of Dreyfus's early life in Paris, his promising career as a French officer, the false accusation leading to his imprisonment on Devil's Island, the fight to prove his innocence that divided the French nation, and his life of quiet obscurity after World War I.

Samuels's striking perspective is enriched by a newly available archive of more than three thousand documents and objects donated by the Dreyfus family. Unlike many historians, Samuels argues that Dreyfus was not an "assimilated" Jew. Rather, he epitomized a new model of Jewish identity made possible by the French Revolution, when France became the first European nation to grant Jews full legal equality. This book analyzes Dreyfus's complex relationship to Judaism and to antisemitism over the course of his life--a story that, as global antisemitism rises, echoes still. It also shows the profound effect of the Dreyfus Affair on the lives of Jews around the world.

Author: Maurice Samuels
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 02/18/2025
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780300281804

About the Author
Maurice Samuels is the Betty Jane Anlyan Professor of French and director of the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism at Yale University. He is the author most recently of The Betrayal of the Duchess: The Scandal That Unmade the Bourbon Monarchy and Made France Modern. He lives in Branford, CT.
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