An Officer & A Spy

Harris, Robert

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Paris, January 1895. Army officer Georges Picquart witnesses a convicted spy, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, being humiliated in front of 20,000 spectators baying ‘Death to the Jew!’ The officer is promoted and put in command of shadowy intelligence unit, the Statistical Section. The spy is shipped off to a lifetime of solitary confinement on Devil’s Island and his case seems closed forever. But gradually Picquart comes to believe there is something rotten at the heart of the Statistical Section.

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Publish Date: 08/05/2014
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Act of Oblivion – the brand new thriller from Robert Harris, available now

IN THE HUNT FOR A SPY, HE EXPOSED A CONSPIRACY

‘Seriously riveting . . . a testament to Robert Harris’s storytelling power’ The Times

‘Taut and exciting’ Guardian

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 until that tracked him down.

But when Picquart discovers that secrets are still being handed over to the Germans, he is forced to confront the dangerous truth that Dreyfus may be innocent.

Soon Picquart is being drawn into a labyrinth of deceit and corruption that threatens not just his honour but his life . . .

‘Menace and suspense twist tight in a narrative of tremendous tension’ Sunday Times

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Weight 426 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 37 mm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

611

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K