Red Dancer The Life And Times Of Mata Hari
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The Red Dancer
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Author : Richard Skinner
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2017-10-05
The Red Dancer written by Richard Skinner and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-05 with Europe categories.
When Margaretha Zelle, a young woman living in The Hague, answers a lonely hearts advertisement she becomes drawn into a relationship with an army captain twice her age. After a hasty wedding, they depart for Indonesia, where the marriage collapses amid infidelity and violence. Seeking a new life, Margaretha returns to Europe and travels to Paris, where she adopts the stage name Mata Hari, reinventing herself as an exotic dancer. In her new role she attracts the attention of numerous admirers, many of whom are officers, ready to share their secrets with a woman of notorious allure and intrigue, as Europe lurches towards explosive conflict.
The Red Dancer
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Author : Richard Skinner
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2002
The Red Dancer written by Richard Skinner and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Stripteasers categories.
The Red Dancer opens in 1895 when, as a young woman in Amsterdam, Margaretha Zelle answers a lonely-hearts advertisement placed by a soldier twice her age in a local newspaper. But her marriage to Captain McLeod of the Dutch army ends in tragedy and acrimony and she leaves their posting in Indonesia. Heading for Paris, she adopts the stage name Mata Hari - 'Eye of the Morning' - and reinvents herself as an exotic dancer. Mata Hari's fame soon spreads throughout the cabarets and theatres of Europe and, as the major powers lurch towards inevitable conflict, she begins to attract the attention of numerous admirers - many of whom are officers, all too keen to share their secrets with a woman of notorious intrigue and allure. Set against the dramatically imagined backdrop of pre-War Europe, Richard Skinner's novel weaves interlinking chapters of fiction and non-fiction to conjure up the life, loves and tragic end of a woman who continues to fascinate almost a century on from her death.
Red Dancer The Life And Times Of Mata Hari
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Author : Richard Skinner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-12-01
Red Dancer The Life And Times Of Mata Hari written by Richard Skinner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-01 with categories.
Recreates the life of Mara Hari, the last century¿s most romantic, enigmatic, tragic spy. In 1895, Margaretha Zelle, a young woman from The Hague, answers a personal ad placed by a Dutch army captain twice her age seeking a wife. After a speedy marriage, she departs with him for a posting in Indonesia. Marred by violence, infidelity, bitter feuding, and their son¿s disturbing death, the marriage collapses. Returning to Europe, Margaretha travels to Paris, where, inspired by the exotic enchantment of Eastern dance, she reinvents herself as the erotic dancer Mata Hari. Mata Hari¿s reputation as a dancer and courtesan starts to attract the attention of powerful admirers. Entrapped. She is drawn into a military intrigue that affects the course of World War I.
I Am Mata Hari
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Author : Richard William Short
language : fr
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-05-10
I Am Mata Hari written by Richard William Short and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-10 with Fiction categories.
Novel shortlisted for The Quagga Prize for Literary Fiction 2014 (United Kingdom) Winner: Canada Book Awards (Historical Fiction, 2014 publication year) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Mata Hari... The name evokes images of espionage, sensuality, eroticism, lust, love and betrayal, all amidst the backdrop of the First World War... the Great War... the War to End All Wars. Mata Hari... You know the name of the woman who was accused of being the greatest female spy of the century. You know the name of the woman whose exploits were claimed to cause the slaughter of 50,000 men. Mata Hari... You know her name, but you don't know her story. -And it is not at all what you think. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Mata Hari S Last Dance
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Author : Michelle Moran
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-07-19
Mata Hari S Last Dance written by Michelle Moran and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-19 with Fiction categories.
From the international bestselling author of Rebel Queen and Nefertiti comes a captivating novel about the infamous Mata Hari, exotic dancer, adored courtesan, and, possibly, relentless spy. Paris, 1917. The notorious dancer Mata Hari sits in a cold cell awaiting freedom…or death. Alone and despondent, Mata Hari is as confused as the rest of the world about the charges she’s been arrested on: treason leading to the deaths of thousands of French soldiers. As Mata Hari waits for her fate to be decided, she relays the story of her life to a reporter who is allowed to visit her in prison. Beginning with her carefree childhood, Mata Hari recounts her father’s cruel abandonment of her family as well her calamitous marriage to a military officer. Taken to the island of Java, Mata Hari refuses to be ruled by her abusive husband and instead learns to dance, paving the way to her stardom as Europe’s most infamous dancer. From exotic Indian temples and glamorous Parisian theatres to stark German barracks in war-torn Europe, international bestselling author Michelle Moran who “expertly balances fact and fiction” (Associated Press) brings to vibrant life the famed world of Mata Hari: dancer, courtesan, and possibly, spy.
A Tangled Web Mata Hari
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Author : Mary W. Craig
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2017-07-14
A Tangled Web Mata Hari written by Mary W. Craig and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this new biography, published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of her execution, Mata Hari is revealed in all of her flawed eccentricity; a woman whose adult life was a fantastical web of lies, half-truths and magnetic sexuality that captivated men. Following the death of a young son and a bitter divorce, Mata Hari reinvented herself as an exotic dancer in Paris, before finally taking up the life of a courtesan. She could have remained a half-forgotten member of France's grande horizontale were it not for the First World War and her disastrous decision to become embroiled in espionage. What happened next was part farce and part tragedy that ended in her execution in October 1917. Recruited by both the Germans and the French as a spy, Mata Hari – codenamed H-21 – was also almost recruited by the Russians. But the harmless fantasies and lies she had told on stage had become part of the deadly game of double agents during wartime. Struggling with the huge cost of war, the French authorities needed to catch a spy. Mata Hari, the dancer, the courtesan, the fantasist, became the prize catch.
The Red Dancer
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Author : Richard Skinner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The Red Dancer written by Richard Skinner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Stripteasers categories.
The Most Beautiful Women In History
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Author : Robert Richard Kiss
language : en
Publisher: Mediacom
Release Date : 2012
The Most Beautiful Women In History written by Robert Richard Kiss and has been published by Mediacom this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Art categories.
This book is a uniquely interesting experiment. The author decided to publish the imaginary photos of legendary women, from Helen of Troy to Cleopatra. He shows how the most beautiful women in history are perceived by a European journalist and writer. He attempts to portray what was Sappho like and how would the wife of the last Chinese emperor look like if she lived in our time. This book is about the women who have influenced the course of history with their charm, exquisite taste, wisdom, sophistication, treachery, evilness or noble deeds. The women, who have contributed to the world we live in now. The last page is left blank, so readers can put there the picture of their choice and describe the woman who is most important to them. The woman they think is the most beautiful and adorable on earth and without whom the world would be a darker place. The author, Dr. Kiss Róbert Richard is a Prima Primissima Award and Pulitzer Memorial Prize winning journalist. He wrote five books on the fantastic hotels of the world and a book about the most beautiful islands on earth. His articles appear in newspapers, radio and television shows in five countries. He is married; his wife was one of the models in this book.
Scandalous Women
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Author : Elizabeth Kerri Mahon
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2011-03-01
Scandalous Women written by Elizabeth Kerri Mahon and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Throughout history women have caused wars, defied the rules, and brought men to their knees. The famous and the infamous, queens, divorcées, actresses, and outlaws have created a ruckus during their lifetimes-turning heads while making waves. Scandalous Women tells the stories of the risk takers who have flouted convention, beaten the odds, and determined the course of world events. *When Cleopatra (69 BC-30 BC) wasn't bathing in asses' milk, the last pharaoh of the Ptolemaic dynasty ruled Egypt and forged an important political alliance with Rome against her enemies-until her dalliance with Marc Antony turned the empire against her. *Emilie du Châtelet (1706-1748), a mathematician, physicist, author, and paramour of one of the greatest minds in France, Voltaire, shocked society with her unorthodox lifestyle and intellectual prowess-and became a leader in the study of theoretical physics in France at a time when the sciences were ruled by men. *Long before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus, Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1928) fought to end discrimination and the terrible crime of lynching and helped found the NAACP, but became known as a difficult woman for her refusal to compromise and was largely lost in the annals of history. *Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) had a passion for archaeology and languages, and left her privileged world behind to become one of the foremost chroniclers of British imperialism in the Middle East, and one of the architects of the modern nation of Iraq.
Writing A Novel
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Author : Richard Skinner
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2018-07-31
Writing A Novel written by Richard Skinner and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-31 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Writing A Novel is not a set of rules and regulations. It is an atlas, a guide to finding your own way over the treacherous passes of your first novel. Pulling together his years of experience as a novelist and a teacher, Richard Skinner covers the basics of writing great fiction - narrators, characters, settings - with charm and rigour. But more than that, he argues that the journey towards a final manuscript is as important as the finished article itself.His approach works: many of Richard's students have gone on to secure publishing deals and many more have left his courses with work to be proud of. With its balance of warmth and wisdom, Writing a Novel will give any aspiring writer the confidence to face the blank page -- and to fill it.