It is the evening of July 18, 1898 and the world-renowned novelist mile Zola is on the run. His crime? Taking on the highest powers in the land with his open letter "J'accuse"--and losing. Forced to leave Paris with nothing but the clothes he is standing in and a nightshirt wrapped in newspaper, Zola flees to England with no idea when he will return. This is the little-known story of Zola's time in exile. Rosen has traced Zola's footsteps from...