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Podcast: New Books in Western European Studies
Episode: Maurice Samuels, "Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair" (Yale UP, 2024)
Description: On January 5, 1895, Captain Alfred Dreyfusâs cries of innocence were drowned out by a mob shouting âDeath to Judas!â In Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair (Yale UP, 2024), Maurice Samuels gives readers new insight into Dreyfus himselfâthe man at the center of the affair. He tells the story of Dreyfusâs early life in Paris, his promising career as a French officer, the false accusation leading to his imprisonment on Devilâs Island, the fight to prove his innocence that divided the French nation, and his life of quiet obscurity after World War I.Samuelsâs s...