Dreyfus: Politics, Emotion, and the Scandal of the Century
By Ruth Harris
Macmillan $35
All the good covers aren't saved just for fiction, "Dreyfus" by Ruth Harris is in our history section (new books in our history section happen to be 20% off during September). The book is about Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army, who was wrongfully convicted of being a spy for Germany and imprisoned on Devil's Island in 1894. I really like when non-fiction books have great covers, often they end up with generic boring covers featuring a picture of whatever historical thing is on the pages within and the title. This cover was artfully thought out.