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An Officer and a Spy is a historical thriller, taking the controversial Dreyfus affair and putting Robert Harris's own spin on events following Alfred Dreyfus's imprisonment.   Summary of the Book   George Picquart, newly promoted head of French military intelligence, begins to unearth details regarding the Dreyfus affair, which lead to Alfred Dreyfus's life sentence. What he finds is a conspiracy that reaches into the inner folds of his own country and proof that the real spy is still very much at large. His race against time begins as more critical information might pass into German hands, tilting the events of World War 2.   About Robert Harris   Robert Harris is an English writer. He is best known for: Fatherland, Imperium, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii and The Ghost. Harris studied English Literature at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He has since worked with BBC as a television reporter and with The Observer as a political editor.