Femme Fatale: Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari - Softcover

Shipman, Adjunct Professor Of Anthropology Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060817313 ISBN 13: 9780060817312

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2008

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 2008 08 Pages: 464 in Publisher: Harper Perennial 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.

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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.

Review:

"The melodramatic true story of a mythic grand horizontal, told with clarity and understanding."--Kirkus Reviews

"An engrossing tale that sheds new light on a mysterious woman."--Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Both suspenseful and shocking . . . Shipman tells her story with interest and spirit."--Los Angeles Times

"[E]ngrossing . . . casting Mata Hari's rise and fall against the background of her life, the turmoil of World War I and, ultimately, the moral standards of the era. . . . Shipman teases out the details with a novelist's skill.--Bloomberg News

An engrossing tale that sheds new light on a mysterious woman. --Atlanta Journal-Constitution"

Both suspenseful and shocking . . . Shipman tells her story with interest and spirit. --Los Angeles Times"

The melodramatic true story of a mythic grand horizontal, told with clarity and understanding. --Kirkus Reviews"

[E]ngrossing . . . casting Mata Hari s rise and fall against the background of her life, the turmoil of World War I and, ultimately, the moral standards of the era. . . . Shipman teases out the details with a novelist s skill.--Bloomberg News"

-An engrossing tale that sheds new light on a mysterious woman.---Atlanta Journal-Constitution

-The melodramatic true story of a mythic grand horizontal, told with clarity and understanding.---Kirkus Reviews

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0060817313
• ISBN 13: 9780060817312
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464