EspÃA. una Novela Sobre Mata Hari / the Spy

from writemoves

I read this novel in one day. The book is about Mata Hari a woman who was executed for being accused as a spy during World War I. And that is pretty much what I knew about Mata Hari till I read this book. As it turns out, she was not really a spy but a feminist trying to live on her terms. She wa...

from phoenixcomet

I still remember my father speaking about the spy / exotic dancer Mata Hari when I was a child. That being said, in asking most people today to tell you who Mata Hari was, they will say, who? Mata Hari, born Margaretha Zelle, recreated herself as a world-renowned exotic dancer in the late 19th ce...

from KateBaxter

Favorite lines: "That was my life; I am the nightingale who gave everything and died while doing so." "I am a woman who was born at the wrong time and nothing can be done to fix this. I don't know if the future will remember me, but if it does, may it never see me as a victim, but as someone who ...

from AnnieMod

If you are looking for a biography of Mata Hari - that is not it. Coelho says that he had been faithful to the historical record but considering the times and the scandals, that does not constitute a history by itself. The novel is built in three parts - an execution and 2 letters. The execution ...

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A fictionalized look at the life of Mata Hari, told in her own words. It was well-paced and believable. Knowing how her life ended, makes the 1st person narrative all the more poignant. "The Last Day of a Condemned Man" by Victor Hugo came to mind as I was reading it. This is the second book by C...