Officer and a Spy

About this book
IN THE HUNT FOR A SPY, HE EXPOSED A CONSPIRACY. The winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2014, this is a gripping historical thriller from Robert Harris - Sunday Times bestselling author of Fatherland and The Ghost. Paris, 1895: an army officer, Georges Picquart, watches a convicted spy, Alfred Dreyfus, being publicly humiliated in front of a baying crowd. Dreyfus is exiled for life to Devil's Island; Picquart is promoted to run the intelligence unit that tracked him down. But when Picquart discovers that secrets are still being handed over to the Germans, he is drawn into a dangerous labyrinth of deceit and corruption that threatens not just his honour but his life...
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- OL Work ID
- OL21066750W
Subjects
Fiction, thrillersFiction, suspenseFrance, fictionFiction, historicalMilitary HistoryFictionSuspenseMilitary Fiction France HistoryHistorical fictionPicquart, Georges, 1854-1914 FictionDreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935 FictionSuspense fictionIntelligence officersLarge type booksFICTION / EspionageFiction, thrillers, generalFiction, historical, general