Piers Paul Read

The Dreyfus Affair

The Story of the Most Infamous Miscarriage of Justice in French History

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Produktbeschreibung

A compelling, new and highly accessible account of one of the most high-profile and influential miscarriages of justice in French history: The Dreyfus Affair

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 156555
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 316g
• ISBN-13: 9781408830574
• ISBN-10: 1408830574
• Artikelnr.: 36625058

Autorenporträt

Piers Paul Read is best known for his book Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, which documented the story of the 1972 crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 and was adapted into a film in 1993. He has won a number of prizes for his fiction, including the Hawthornden Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.

Rezensionen

The author effectively deploys his considerable literary talents to master the contortions of the affair and humanise the large cast of villains and heroes. The result is compelling and tense Sunday Times