The Spy: A Novel of Mata Hari (Vintage International)
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 When Mata Hari arrived in Paris she was penniless. Within months she was the most celebrated woman in the city. As a dancer, she shocked and delighted audiences; as a courtesan, she bewitched the era's richest and most powerful men. 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. 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.
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I don’t think Paulo Coelho did a good job telling her story. It was a very superficial description of her life and it feels like it was told from a man perspective. All of the sudden she abandons her family and daughter. He mentions she falls in love but he does not tell the story. He paints her like an ambitious superficial person when I think there is more complexity. I thought the book was boring and i did not enjoy the writing.
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