Édouard Drumont (1844-1917) was a French journalist and writer, known for his anti-semitic ideas. 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... The Eternal Jew: 1937 German poster. ...

His 1886 book La France Juive (Jewish France) attacked the role of Jews in France and argued for their exclusion from society. In 1892 Édouard Drumont founded the newspaper the La Libre Parole which became a platform for virulent anti-semitism. This newspaper also came out against 'Diana Vaughan', an invention of Léo Taxil, before Taxil admitted that his anti-masonic protégée did not exist in 1897. La Libre Parole preferred the 'seeress' Henriette Couedon. 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... Léo Taxil, originally Marie Joseph Gabriel Antoine Jogand-Pagès (March 21, 1854–March 31, 1907), was a French hoaxster who duped the pope and the French prelates. ... American Square & Compasses Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organization. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Seer has several possible meanings: A fortune teller or prophet The fictional character on the television series Charmed The Seasonal energy efficiency ratio standard for air conditioning appliances This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Edouard Drumont was sued for accusing a parliamentary deputy of having taken a bribe from the prominent Jewish banker Edouard Alphonse de Rothschild to pass a piece of legislation the banker wanted. Edouard Alphonse James de Rothschild (February 24, 1868 - June 30, 1949) was a French financier and a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of France. ...

Drumont was superstitious and used to carry a mandrake root around with him and attacked Georges Boulanger on the basis of palmistry The number 13 is often avoided in public buildings, also floors, doors and this Santa Anita Park horse stall. ... Species Mandragora autumnalis Mandragora officinarum Mandragora turcomanica Mandragora caulescens Mandrake root redirects here. ... Georges Ernest Jean-Marie Boulanger (April 29, 1837 - September 30, 1891) was a French general and reactionary politician. ... Chiromancy or cheiromancy,(Greek cheir, “hand”; manteia, “divination”), art of characterization and foretelling the future through the study of the palm also known as palmistry or palm-reading consists of the practice (or pseudoscience) of evaluating a persons character or future life by reading the...

Drumont attracted many supporters and was one of the primary sources of anti-semitic ideas that would later be embraced by Nazism. He exploited the Panama Company Scandal and reached the peak of his notoriety during the Dreyfus Affair, in which he was the most strident of Dreyfus' accusers. National Socialism redirects here. ... The Panama scandals also known as Panama Canal Scandal was a corruption affair in France in the late 19th century, linked to the building of the Panama Canal. ... The Dreyfus Affair was a political scandal which divided France during the 1890s and early 1900s. ...

See also

• Panama scandals