Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
Acerca de este artículo
Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060817313
ISBN-139780060817312
eBay Product ID (ePID)63411174
Product Key Features
Book TitleFemme Fatale : Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari
Number of Pages464 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / World War II, Espionage, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Historical
Publication Year2008
GenreTrue Crime, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorPat Shipman
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight14.3 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
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)|9780060817312|, "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, [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.|9780060817312|
SynopsisIn 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.