The Spy: A novel

The Spy: A novel

<b>In his new novel, Paulo Coelho, bestselling author of <i>The Alchemist</i> and <i>Adultery</i>, brings to life one of history's most enigmatic women: Mata Hari. </b><br /><br />HER ONLY CRIME WAS TO BE AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN<br />  <br /> When Mata Hari arrived in Paris she was penniless.  Within months she was the most celebrated woman in the city. <br />  <br /> As a dancer, she shocked and delighted audiences; as a courtesan, she bewitched the era’s richest and most powerful men. <br />  <br /> 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.<br />  <br /> Told in Mata Hari’s voice through her final letter, <i>The Spy</i> is the unforgettable story of a woman who dared to defy convention and who paid the ultimate price.