I Dreyfus

Sir Alfred Dreyfus eminent headmaster of one of the greatest schools in England is found guilty of a heinous crime. When Sam Temple literary agent visits Dreyfus in prison with a proposal for a book he finds a man sunk beyond despair. Dreyfus begins reluctantly the appalling narrative of his betrayal; as he proceeds he must also confront his own guilt for a lifetime’s denial of his Jewish origins. Bernice Rubens has created a character of profound and moving humanity; in placing him at the end of our century she makes his story a personal tragedy resonating with historical tragedy bound in with the fate of six million others.