Ian Buruma

The Dreyfus Affair continues to haunt France to this day

Inspired by the likes of Éric Zemmour, the extreme right is not only reviving reactionary ideas but even questioning the innocence of Captain Dreyfus himself

Captain Alfred Dreyfus. [Alamy]
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  • Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Centre of the Affair

    Maurice Samuels

    Yale, University Press, pp. 224, £16

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