by Michael Rosen
In 1898 Zola had to disappear following a court case relating to his stance in the Dreyfus case.
This book charts the time he spent in England during the year before he was able to return to France. Using letters that remain and newspaper accounts it charts a very personal account of the pressure Zola was under and the cost he had to pay for his speaking out in support of a wrongly accused man. Although it is a story I know well I enjoyed this book and I liked the fact that J'accuse was included as an appendix together with a ghost story he wrote while in England. 9/10
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