Alfred Dreyfus

A detailed and comprehensive biography of Alfred Dreyfus, focusing on the events of the Affair and its repercussions. Denounces the myth, promoted during and after the Dreyfus Affair by adversaries and even by some supporters, that Dreyfus was a shady, unpleasant character, who would have embraced anti-Dreyfusard views had he not been who he was. Emphasizes that Dreyfus was a decisive, permanent actor in the events which enveloped him. Without his resistance on Devil's Island there would not have been a Dreyfusard movement, nor national or international mobilization. Concludes that Dreyfus was an exemplary French patriot.