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

Femme Fatale : Love, Lies and the Unknown Life of Mata HariIn 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. The mistress of many senior Allied officers and government officials, even the French minister of war, she had a sharp intellect and a golden tongue fluent in several languages; she also traveled widely throughout war torn Europe, with seeming

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and up to one strange year of college (he dropped out)

they're all witches and wizards

and adherence to the rule of law

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