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

by Shipman, Pat

• ISBN13: 9780060817312
• ISBN10: 0060817313
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Prologue	p. 1
The Little Orchid	p. 3
Different Lives	p. 14
Object Matrimony	p. 37
Indies Life	p. 58
The Fatal Move	p. 74
Death of a Child	p. 93
Death of a Marriage	p. 119
The Birth of Mata Hari	p. 142
The Toast of Europe	p. 155
Living Like a Butterfly in the Sun	p. 172
In Time of War	p. 192
The Tangled Web	p. 205
Maelstrom	p. 223
Stepping into the Trap	p. 235
Secrets and Betrayal	p. 251
Caught in a Trap	p. 263
Grinding Her to Dust	p. 279
Suffering	p. 300
Telegrams and Secrets	p. 309
The Lowest Circle of Hell	p. 324
The Kangaroo Court	p. 335
Waiting	p. 357
Dying Well	p. 363
References	p. 377
Notes	p. 379
Index	p. 429
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