The Spy: A novelIn 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. |
Contents
Section 1 | 11 |
Section 2 | 16 |
Section 3 | 24 |
Section 4 | 28 |
Section 5 | 37 |
Section 6 | 42 |
Section 7 | 45 |
Section 8 | 55 |
Section 14 | 102 |
Section 15 | 106 |
Section 16 | 117 |
Section 17 | 123 |
Section 18 | 126 |
Section 19 | 154 |
Section 20 | 160 |
Section 21 | 165 |
Section 9 | 61 |
Section 10 | 69 |
Section 11 | 73 |
Section 12 | 85 |
Section 13 | 97 |
Section 22 | 168 |
Section 23 | 172 |
Section 24 | 176 |
Section 25 | 185 |
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