An Officer and a Spy

Name: An Officer and a Spy
Rating: 4.3 (58078 reviews)

by Robert Harris

First published 2013

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Paris, 1895. Colonel Georges Picquart takes command of the French army’s intelligence section after witnessing the public degradation of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer convicted of treason. When new evidence points to another spy, Picquart discovers that his superiors are more determined to protect the verdict than to identify the real source of the leak.

Narrated by Picquart, the novel follows surveillance, forged documents, secret trials and institutional antisemitism as an officer loyal to the army becomes one of its most dangerous witnesses. His attempt to correct the miscarriage of justice puts his career and freedom at risk.