This October, The Yeshiva University Museum recalls the story of a man falsely accused in their exhibit, “Alfred Dreyfus: The Fight for Justice." Presenting artifacts never before seen in the United States, “Fight for Justice” will do more than shed light on a pivotal event in history—it will awaken public interest in the complex issues surrounding it. Jean-Denis Bredin’s book, The Affair, provides the context and detail that readers will seek in the following season, as it reveals how one’s man’s struggle captured the world’s attention and imagination for over a hundred years.

On an autumn morning in 1894, Captain Dreyfus was summoned to appear for a routine inspection; instead, as he took down a letter dictated by a senior officer, he was summarily accused of high treason. So began a twelve-year series of events that included his imprisonment on Devil's Island, the publication of Émile Zola's passionate J'accuse, the Rennes retrial, and the pardon and final rehabilitation of 1906. As the Dreyfus case turned into the Affair, this history of a single military career came to display the conflicts that were tearing a country apart: military defeat, anti-Semitic furor, and the place of traditional values in a country still reeling from the turbulence of the French Revolution. Told with an historian's insight and a novelist's skill, The Affair makes fascinating and informative reading about one of the most celebrated episodes in modern history. This book is essential for anyone interested in turning points in world events.

PA, ISBN: 0807611751
$19.95 (Can: $30.00)