A tangled web : Mata Hari : dancer, courtesan, spy
Craig, Mary W.2018
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In this new biography, published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of her execution, Mata Hari is revealed in all of her flawed eccentricity; a woman whose adult life was a fantastical web of lies and half-truths. Following a bitter divorce and the death of a young son, Hari reinvented herself as an exotic dancer in Paris, before finally taking up the life of a courtesan. She could have remained a half-forgotten member of France's grande horizontale were it not for the First World War and her disastrous decision to become embroiled in espionage. What happened next was part farce and part tragedy that ended in her execution in October 1917.
Main title:
A tangled web : Mata Hari : dancer, courtesan, spy / Mary W. Craig.
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Imprint:
Stroud : The History Press, 2018.
Collation:
288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
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Originally published: 2017.
ISBN:
9780750989190 (pbk)
Dewey class:
B MAT327.12430092B/MAT
Language:
English
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BRN:
2693398
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