The spy : a novel / Paulo Coelho ; translated from the Portuguese by Zoe Perry.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Portuguese Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First American editionDescription: 190 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781524732066Uniform titles: Espia. English. Subject(s): Mata Hari, 1876-1917 -- Fiction | World War, 1914-1918 -- Secret service -- Fiction | Women spies -- FictionGenre/Form: Spy fiction. | Biographical fiction. | Historical fiction. DDC classification: 869.342 Summary: 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.
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Originally published as "A Espia": Brazil : Editora Paralela, 2016.
Translated from the Portuguese.
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.
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