The Spy: A novel

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Nov 22, 2016 - Fiction - 208 pages
In his new novel, Paulo Coelho, bestselling author of The Alchemist and Adultery, brings to life one of history's most enigmatic women: Mata Hari. 

HER ONLY CRIME WAS TO BE AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN
 
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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Contents

Section 1
11
Section 2
16
Section 3
20
Section 4
24
Section 5
28
Section 6
37
Section 7
42
Section 8
45
Section 16
106
Section 17
117
Section 18
123
Section 19
126
Section 20
133
Section 21
154
Section 22
160
Section 23
165

Section 9
55
Section 10
61
Section 11
69
Section 12
73
Section 13
85
Section 14
97
Section 15
102
Section 24
168
Section 25
172
Section 26
176
Section 27
183
Section 28
185
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About the author (2016)

PAULO COELHO’s life remains the primary source of inspiration for his books. He has flirted with death, escaped madness, dallied with drugs, withstood torture, experimented with magic and alchemy, studied philosophy and religion, read voraciously, lost and recovered his faith, and experienced the pain and pleasure of love. In searching for his own place in the world, he has discovered answers for the challenges that everyone faces. He believes that, within ourselves, we have the necessary strength to find our own destiny. His most recent novel Adultery was a worldwide bestseller. His 1988 novel The Alchemist has sold more than 65 million copies and has been cited as an inspiration by people as diverse as Malala Yousafzai and Pharrell Williams. Paulo Coelho has sold more than 200 million books worldwide. His work is published in 81 languages, and he is the most translated living author in the world.

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