Paulo Coelho, bestselling author of The Alchemist and Adultery, brings to life one of history’s most enigmatic women in his new novel, Mata Hari. HER ONLY CRIME WAS BEING A WOMAN ON HER OWN. Mata Hari was penniless when she arrived in Paris. Within a few months, she had become the city’s most celebrated woman. She astounded and delighted audiences as a dancer; as a courtesan, she enchanted the era’s wealthiest and most powerful men. You also may like to read The Tale of Peter Rabbit Story Board Book by Beatrix Potter Review
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However, as paranoia gripped a war-torn country, Mata Hari’s lifestyle drew her suspicion. She was arrested in her hotel room on the Champs Elysees in 1917 and charged with espionage. The Spy is the unforgettable storey of a woman who dared to defy convention and paid the ultimate price, told in Mata Hari’s voice through her final letter.
PAULO COELHO is the author of several international best-sellers, including The Alchemist, Eleven Minutes, The Pilgrimage, The Fifth Mountain, and Adultery. He has been a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002, and the United Nations designated him as a Messenger of Peace in 2007. In 2003, he set a Guinness World Record for the most translations of a single title (The Alchemist) signed by the author in a single sitting, and a few years later, in 2009, he set a new Guinness World Record for the most translated author for the same book.

“Coelho, whose books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, has fashioned the Mata Hara storey into a short dynamo of a novel.” eBooks tale. “A riveting novel… Readers will believe they have read [Mata Hari’s] actual letters by the end.” “Coelho has created a portrait of a woman who was destroyed by her times and became a legend.” “A novelist who writes in an international language.” The New York Times. “Spiritualists and wanderlusts will devour this.”
Details of The Spy by Paulo Coelho book
- Name: The Spy
- Author: Paulo Coelho
- Publish Date: June 27, 2017
- Language: English
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction, biographical Historical & Literary Fiction