- 1999 edition , 244 pages
- Published by Jonathan Cape , London
- Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
- Condition : Very good , minor shelf wear
Ambition , Revenge and Deceit in French Indo- China
A straightforward case of scientific fraud ; a conspiracy of envy and revenge against a brilliant young scientist ; or the destruction of one indivdual for a 'crime' that was never committed.
The Deprat Affair recreates the hothouse atmosphere of colonial Indo - China in the early twentieth century . Anong its cliques , its bitter rivalries , its nepotism and favours , how are we to disentangle the scintific , the moral and the legal 'truths' of the affair.
Most of all the story centres on one compelling individual- Jacques Deprat. En route to a golden future as one of France's greatest geologists, he is suddenly accused of fraud and plunged into a desperate fight to save his reputation. Convicted of placing European fossils among samples collected in Indo-China , he dismissed from his job.
Thrown out of the science to which he has given everything , he reinvents himself , changes his name , and begins not one but two fascinating lives - each as extraordinary and colourful as the one he left behind.
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