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

"The melodramatic true story of a mythic grand horizontal, told with clarity and understanding."--Kirkus Reviews

"[E]ngrossing . . . casting Mata Hari's rise and fall against the background of her life, the turmoil of World War I and, ultimately, the moral standards of the era. . . . Shipman teases out the details with a novelist's skill.--Bloomberg News

"An engrossing tale that sheds new light on a mysterious woman."--Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Both suspenseful and shocking . . . Shipman tells her story with interest and spirit."--Los Angeles Times

An engrossing tale that sheds new light on a mysterious woman. --Atlanta Journal-Constitution"

Both suspenseful and shocking . . . Shipman tells her story with interest and spirit. --Los Angeles Times"

The melodramatic true story of a mythic grand horizontal, told with clarity and understanding. --Kirkus Reviews"

[E]ngrossing . . . casting Mata Hari s rise and fall against the background of her life, the turmoil of World War I and, ultimately, the moral standards of the era. . . . Shipman teases out the details with a novelist s skill.--Bloomberg News"

-An engrossing tale that sheds new light on a mysterious woman.---Atlanta Journal-Constitution

-Both suspenseful and shocking . . . Shipman tells her story with interest and spirit.---Los Angeles Times

A portrait of the notorious early twentieth-century dancer and spy considers the theory that she may have been innocent of the charges for which she was executed, in an account that profiles her as a complicated seducer of men who had an unusual talent for manipulating the world in accordance with her preferences. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.