Alfred Dreyfus : Man, Milieu, Mentality and Midrash.

This groundbreaking book focuses on Alfred Dreyfus the man, with emphasis placed on his own writings, including his recently published prison workbooks and his letters to his wife Lucie. Through close reading of these documents, a much more sensitive, intellectual, and Jewish man is revealed than wa...

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Main Author: Simms, Norman
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Academic Studies Press, 2011.
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