In his new novel, Paulo Coelho, best-selling author of The Alchemist and Adultery, brings to life one of history's most enigmatic women: Mata Hari.

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.

保罗·柯艾略（Paulo Coelho）

1947年出生于巴西里约热内卢，被誉为极具影响力的当代作家之一。

柯艾略以博大悲悯的心胸、奇绝独特的视角、清澈如水的文字，将哲学沉思、宗教奇迹、童话寓言融为一体。从1987年的《朝圣》开始，18部作品被陆续翻译成80种语言，在170个国家和地区出版发行，总销量已超过2.2亿册。

由于其作品的深远影响力，2002年，当选为巴西文学院院士；2007年，被联合国任命为和平大使。2009年，《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》以“出版68个语种”打破吉尼斯世界纪录。2016年出版《间谍》。