Femme Fatale - Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari

In 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.

About the author

Pat Shipman is the author of eight previous books, including The Man Who Found the Missing Link and Taking Wing, which won the Phi Beta Kappa Prize for science and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award and named a New York Times Notable Book for 1998. Her numerous awards and honors include the 1996 Rhone-Poulenc Prize for The Wisdom of the Bones (written with Alan Walker). Her most recent book is To the Heart of the Nile: Lady Florence Baker and the Exploration of Central Africa. She is currently an adjunct professor of anthropology at Pennsylvania State University and lives in State College, Pennsylvania.

Product details

• Authors: Pat Shipman
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.08.2008
• EAN: 9780060817312
• ISBN: 978-0-06-081731-2
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Music, PERFORMING ARTS: Dance / General, HISTORY: Military / World War II, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Military, HISTORY: Europe / Germany, HISTORY: Military / General, HISTORY: Europe / France, HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General