The Land of Desire: French History and Culture
Episode 8: “The Dreyfus Affair, Part 1”
When a French soldier named Alfred Dreyfus was arrested for treason, his case became the trial of the century. There was just one teensy little problem...Alfred was innocent! Over the next six weeks we'll take on the crime of the century: a tale of betrayal, espionage, religious fanaticism, and a conspiracy which stretched from the meanest criminal all the way to the President himself.