The Spy
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The Spy
Narrated by:
Hillary Huber
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Narrated by:
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Hillary Huber
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Written by:
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Paulo Coelho
About this listen
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.
Critic Reviews
Praise for Paulo Coelho and The Spy
“[The Spy is a] masterful new novel.” --Bookpage
“Coelho, whose books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, has taken the Mata Hara story and fashioned it into a short dynamo of a novel.” --Los Angeles Times
“A striking novel. . . . By the end, readers will believe they’ve read [Mata Hari’s] actual letters.” --Publisher’s Weekly
“Coelho has created a portrait of an anachronistic woman, who was destroyed by her times and became a legend.” --Paste Magazine
“A novelist who writes in a universal language.” --The New York Times
“Spiritualists and wanderlusts will eagerly devour . . . [Coelho’s] search for all things meaningful.” --The Washington Post
“[The Spy is a] masterful new novel.” --Bookpage
“Coelho, whose books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, has taken the Mata Hara story and fashioned it into a short dynamo of a novel.” --Los Angeles Times
“A striking novel. . . . By the end, readers will believe they’ve read [Mata Hari’s] actual letters.” --Publisher’s Weekly
“Coelho has created a portrait of an anachronistic woman, who was destroyed by her times and became a legend.” --Paste Magazine
“A novelist who writes in a universal language.” --The New York Times
“Spiritualists and wanderlusts will eagerly devour . . . [Coelho’s] search for all things meaningful.” --The Washington Post
The author even mentions that the sufferings and the tragedy meted out to the protagonist Mata Hari is all because of her only crime that she wanted to be an independent woman . This tells it all . She is betrayed in love , exploited for her beauty & mastery in dance and driven to become a prostitute to be finally accused to be a spy which leads to her capital punishment.
Paulo Coelo , the author whose personal history itself can become a story of sort , has narrated well the story in The Spy . Surely it can evoke pity and compassion in the reader while presenting the 19th century saga of pre world war turmoil and how it affected an innocent life of a talented and beautiful woman .
A good book to read.
Woman and vulnerability
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Deeply insightful. Excellent to listen to
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a thirst to be an independent woman
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Overall a good read.
A drag
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A good read
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