Briefly, who is Edouard Drumont?

Edouard Drumont's La France Juive makes him famous in 1886. Drumont holds Jews accountable for crime. When the Compagnie Universelle goes down, Drumont looks for a connection. La Derniire Bataille, Drumont's self-styled "history" of the company, is a best seller in 1890. It demands an audit as well as de Lesseps' imprisonment, holding him responsible for massive fraud and corruption.