Shuttled off to reluctant relations, Margaretha. Her blissful Dutch childhood as Margaretha Zelle ended abruptly with her parents' emotionally scarring divorce and, shortly after, her mother's death. Femme fatale : love, lies, and the unknown life of Mata Hari / Pat Shipman 1st ed. The crackle of rifle fire, followed by the single shot of the obligatory coup de grâce delivered by Maréchal des Logis Petay of the 23rd Regiment of Dragoons, released a storm of myth and legend that has engulfed her story ever since. 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. The mysterious and once beautiful dancer who had captivated Paris with her exotic performances at the Trocadéro and the Folies Bergère, who had entranced audiences in theatres and clubs and private salons throughout Europe, who had been notorious for her wealthy lovers, her glamorous wardrobe and her extravagant lifestyle, collapsed into a crumpled, bullet-ridden heap in a ditch. ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 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. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Nearly three months later, just after dawn on the morning of 15 October, in a clearing among the ancient oaks of the Bois de Vincennes, the sentence was carried out. Femme Fatale : Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari by Pat Shipman. Shipman teases out the details with a novelist’s skill.On 24 July 1917, in the darkest days of the First World War, Margarethe Zelle MacLeod ( dite Mata Hari) was found guilty of espionage by the Troisième Conseil de Guerre in Paris and condemned to death by firing squad. 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. Kjp boken Femme Fatale: Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari av Pat Shipman (ISBN. 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. “The melodramatic true story of a mythic grand horizontal, told with clarity and understanding.” - Kirkus Reviews Read Femme Fatale: A New Biography of Mata Hari by Shipman, Pat, lexile & reading level:, (ISBN: 9780061853166). 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.

5.0 2 Ratings 13.99 13.99 Publisher Description. Shipman tells her story with interest and spirit.” - Los Angeles Times Femme Fatale A New Biography of Mata Hari. “An engrossing tale that sheds new light on a mysterious woman.” - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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