Dreyfus Domesticated
A deft but bland treatment of a dramatic historical episode January | February 2011
Set in France during the late 1890s, the framework for Kate Taylor’s new novel is the Dreyfus Affair, that longstanding symbol of government cover-up and anti-Semitism. Most readers will already be familiar with the case, but in brief, Alfred Dreyfus, an Alsatian Jew, family man and, by numerous accounts, somewhat nondescript artillery officer, was wrongly convicted of treason in a hurried court…