S$42.00
S$42.00
Possibly the first biography of the infamous, captivating spy Mata Hari, whose dramatic story has been made into movies, tv series, and musicals.
Title: Mata Hari: Courtesan and Spy
Author: Major Thomas Coulson
Publisher: Hutchinson, London. No date, likely around the 1930s.
Condition: Hardcover, no dust jacket. Fair. Rubbing to cover, tanning and slight fraying to spine. Foxing to prelims and a few foxed spots here and there to text but nothing extensive. Tears to back endpaper, not affecting binding or text. With a few black-and-white photographs. 256pp., app 8.5″x5.5″.
About Mata Hari (from Wikipedia):
Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod (7 August 1876 – 15 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari, was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I. Professor Shipman, a noted scholar stated “he believed she was innocent” and condemned only because the French Army needed a scapegoat. She was executed by firing squad in France.
