The Spy

In his new novel, Paulo Coelho, bestselling author of?The Alchemist?and?Adultery, brings to life one of history’s most enigmatic women: Mata Hari.?

HER ONLY CRIME WAS TO BE AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN
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When Mata Hari arrived in Paris she was penniless.? Within months she was the most celebrated woman in the city.
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As a dancer, she shocked and delighted audiences; as a courtesan, she bewitched the era?s richest and most powerful men.
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But as paranoia consumed a country at war, Mata Hari?s lifestyle brought her under suspicion. In 1917, she was arrested in her hotel room on the Champs Elysees, and accused of espionage.
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Told in Mata Hari?s voice through her final letter,?The Spy?is the unforgettable story of a woman who dared to defy convention and who paid the ultimate price.