The Resource An officer and a spy : a novel, Robert Harris
An officer and a spy : a novel, Robert Harris
- Summary
- "Robert Harris returns to the thrilling historical fiction he has so brilliantly made his own. This is the story of the infamous Dreyfus affair told as a chillingly dark, hard-edged novel of conspiracy and espionage. Paris in 1895. Alfred Dreyfus, a young Jewish officer, has just been convicted of treason, sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's Island, and stripped of his rank in front of a baying crowd of twenty-thousand. Among the witnesses to his humiliation is Georges Picquart, the ambitious, intellectual, recently promoted head of the counterespionage agency that "proved" Dreyfus had passed secrets to the Germans. At first, Picquart firmly believes in Dreyfus's guilt. But it is not long after Dreyfus is delivered to his desolate prison that Picquart stumbles on information that leads him to suspect that there is still a spy at large in the French military. As evidence of the most malignant deceit mounts and spirals inexorably toward the uppermost levels of government, Picquart is compelled to question not only the case against Dreyfus but also his most deeply held beliefs about his country, and about himself. Bringing to life the scandal that mesmerized the world at the turn of the twentieth century, Robert Harris tells a tale of uncanny timeliness--a witch hunt, secret tribunals, out-of-control intelligence agencies, the fate of a whistle-blower--richly dramatized with the singular storytelling mastery that has marked all of his internationally best-selling novels"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 429 p.
- Isbn
- 9780385349581
- Link
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- Label
- An officer and a spy : a novel
- Title
- An officer and a spy
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert Harris
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Robert Harris returns to the thrilling historical fiction he has so brilliantly made his own. This is the story of the infamous Dreyfus affair told as a chillingly dark, hard-edged novel of conspiracy and espionage. Paris in 1895. Alfred Dreyfus, a young Jewish officer, has just been convicted of treason, sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's Island, and stripped of his rank in front of a baying crowd of twenty-thousand. Among the witnesses to his humiliation is Georges Picquart, the ambitious, intellectual, recently promoted head of the counterespionage agency that "proved" Dreyfus had passed secrets to the Germans. At first, Picquart firmly believes in Dreyfus's guilt. But it is not long after Dreyfus is delivered to his desolate prison that Picquart stumbles on information that leads him to suspect that there is still a spy at large in the French military. As evidence of the most malignant deceit mounts and spirals inexorably toward the uppermost levels of government, Picquart is compelled to question not only the case against Dreyfus but also his most deeply held beliefs about his country, and about himself. Bringing to life the scandal that mesmerized the world at the turn of the twentieth century, Robert Harris tells a tale of uncanny timeliness--a witch hunt, secret tribunals, out-of-control intelligence agencies, the fate of a whistle-blower--richly dramatized with the singular storytelling mastery that has marked all of his internationally best-selling novels"--
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- Title
- An officer and a spy
- Summary
- Paris, 1895: Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer, is convicted of treason, stripped of his rank, and sentenced to a lifetime of hard labor on Devil's Island, French Guiana. Ordered to investigate the case on behalf of the military's new counter-espionage force, Colonel Georges Picquart uncovers evidence of anti-Semitism as well as a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of the government. Inspired by the events of the Dreyfus Affair, a real-life political scandal that engulfed Europe in the late 19th century, this gripping tale brings history to life. -- Description by Gillian Speace
- Award
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- British Book Award for Popular Fiction, 2013.
- Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, 2014.
- Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, 2014.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10246748
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 823/.914
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6058.A69147
- LC item number
- O33 2014
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Target audience
- adult
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/titleStatement
- Robert Harris
- Label
- An officer and a spy : a novel, Robert Harris
- Link
- 9780385349581.jpg
- Control code
- ocn846889309
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- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
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- Extent
- 429 p.
- Isbn
- 9780385349581
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2013044985
Subject
- Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935
- Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935 -- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Intelligence officers -- France -- Fiction.
- Spy stories.
- Traitors -- Fiction.
- Antisemitism
- Dreyfus Case
- Espionage
- Exiles
- France
- Historical fiction
- Scandals
- Spies
- Thrillers and suspense
- Traitors
Genre
Member of
- British Book Awards (the Nibbies): Popular Fiction Award
- Dagger Awards: CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
- Historical Thrillers
- Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction
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Awards
Awards of An officer and a spy : a novel, Robert Harris- Award
- British Book Award for Popular Fiction, 2013.
- Award
- Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, 2014.
- Award
- Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, 2014.
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