A really interesting fictionalised account of the infamous Dreyfus affair.

Real-life archival information is seamlessly woven into fictionalised elements of the story and, while the first half slowly builds (necessary to include all the crucial information), the second half is gripping.

The whole novel clearly puts forth both sides of the affair - that of George’s Picquart and his insistence that Dreyfus is innocent, and that of the army, determined to find their fall guy and resting on anti-Semitic paranoia - but, as I said, it is done very well, keeping us on tenterhooks as trial after trial goes ahead.

Another excellent book from Robert Harris.