An Officer and a Spy

IN THE HUNT FOR A SPY, HE EXPOSED A CONSPIRACY. The winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2014, this is a gripping historical thriller from Robert Harris – Sunday Times bestselling author of Fatherland and The Ghost. 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 unit that tracked him down. But when Picquart discovers that secrets are still being handed over to the Germans, he is drawn into a dangerous labyrinth of deceit and corruption that threatens not just his honour but his life…

Reviews of An Officer and a Spy

"The fact that this novel is seriously riveting is a testament to Robert Harris's storytelling power; he conjures knuckle-blanching suspense from a very well-known piece of history." — BOOKS OF THE YEAR The Times "Harris' retelling of the Dreyfus case is as taut and exciting as anything by Forsyth or Follet." — BOOKS OF THE YEAR Guardian "Menace and suspense twist tight in a narrative of tremendous tension." — BOOKS OF THE YEAR Sunday Times "Superb … Harris demonstrates his unique ability to recreate historical events and turn them into spellbinding thriller … Written with scalpel-like precision and the elegance we expect of Harris, there is a passion here that justifies calling it a masterpiece." — BOOKS OF THE YEAR Daily Mail "A brilliant retelling of a scandal that became one of the most famous miscarriages of justice … the most gripping book I've read this year." — BOOKS OF THE YEAR Mail on Sunday