“An engrossing biography” of the Dutch exotic dancer accused of
being a spy for the Germans during World War I. In 1917, the notorious
Oriental dancer Mata Hari was arrested on the charge of espionage;
less than one year later, she was tried and executed, charged with the
deaths of at least 50,000 gallant French soldiers. The mistress of
many senior Allied officers and government officials, even the French
minister of war, she had a sharp intellect and a golden tongue fluent
in several languages; she also traveled widely throughout war-torn
Europe, with seeming disregard for the political and strategic
alliances and borders. But was she actually a spy? In this persuasive
new biography, Pat Shipman explores the life and times of the mythic
and deeply misunderstood dark-eyed siren to find the truth. Praise for
Femme Fatale “Her life’s story is a humdinger.” —Washington
Post Book World “Pat Shipman reasons (and writes) like a born
counterintelligence officer. Her gripping and well-developed account
of the famed spy . . . will fascinate you right down to her grim
imprisonment and hast execution in a desolate field outside Paris, her
last performance faced, as were all of her life’s twists and turns,
with bravery and grace.” —Peter Earnest, Executive Director,
International Spy Museum, Washington, D.C., and former CIA Operations
Officer
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780061853166
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
HarperCollins e-books/Open Road Integrated Media
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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