We look forward to seeing you on your next visit to the library. Find a location near you.

  • Home »
    •  Signed, Mata Hari »

Signed, Mata Hari: a novel

Book Cover
Average Rating
Author:
Murphy, Yannick
Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Pub. Date:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Language:
English
Choose a Format
Book
      Show Edition
On Shelf
Central
FICTION Murphy, Y.
Place Hold
OverDrive eBook
      Show Edition
Available Online
Online OverDrive Collection
Check Out OverDrive
Description
In the cold October of 1917 Margaretha Zelle, better known as Mata Hari, sits in a prison cell in Paris awaiting trial on charges of espionage. The penalty is death by firing squad. As she waits, burdened by a secret guilt, Mata Hari tells stories, Scheherazade-like, to buy back her life from her interrogators.
From a bleak childhood in the Netherlands, through a loveless marriage to a Dutch naval officer, Margaretha is transported to the forbidden sensual pleasures of Indonesia . In the chill of her prison cell she spins tales of rosewater baths, native lovers, and Javanese jungles, evoking the magical world that sustained her even as her family crumbled. And then, in flight from her husband, Margaretha reinvents herself: she becomes an artist's model, circus rider, and finally the temple dancer Mata Hari, dressed in veils, admired by Diaghilev, performing for the crowned heads of Europe . Through all her transformations, her life's fatal questions---was she a traitor, and if so, why?---burns ever brighter.
Also in This Series
More Like This
More Copies In LINK+
Loading LINK+ Copies...
Subjects
Subjects
Biographical fiction
Fiction
Historical Fiction
Literature
Mata Hari
Mata Hari, -- 1876-1917 -- Fiction
Secret service
Spy stories
Women spies
Women spies -- Fiction
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 -- Secret service -- Fiction
More Details
ISBN:
9780316112642
9780316023368
Librarian Reviews
Published Reviews
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View

Grouping Information

Grouped Work ID1bbae57b-9470-c53c-55ee-27282db59ccf
Grouping Titlesigned mata hari
Grouping Authoryannick murphy
Grouping Categorybook
Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
Last Grouping Update2024-04-25 02:10:18AM
Last Indexed2024-04-25 02:20:31AM

Solr Fields

accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
Murphy, Yannick
author_display
Murphy, Yannick
available_at_catalog
Central
detailed_location_catalog
Central
display_description
In the cold October of 1917 Margaretha Zelle, better known as Mata Hari, sits in a prison cell in Paris awaiting trial on charges of espionage. The penalty is death by firing squad. As she waits, burdened by a secret guilt, Mata Hari tells stories, Scheherazade-like, to buy back her life from her interrogators.
From a bleak childhood in the Netherlands, through a loveless marriage to a Dutch naval officer, Margaretha is transported to the forbidden sensual pleasures of Indonesia . In the chill of her prison cell she spins tales of rosewater baths, native lovers, and Javanese jungles, evoking the magical world that sustained her even as her family crumbled. And then, in flight from her husband, Margaretha reinvents herself: she becomes an artist's model, circus rider, and finally the temple dancer Mata Hari, dressed in veils, admired by Diaghilev, performing for the crowned heads of Europe . Through all her transformations, her life's fatal questions---was she a traitor, and if so, why?---burns ever brighter.
format_catalog
Book
eBook
format_category_catalog
Books
eBook
id
1bbae57b-9470-c53c-55ee-27282db59ccf
isbn
9780316023368
9780316112642
itype_catalog
Adult Fiction
last_indexed
2024-04-25T09:20:31.408Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Fiction
literary_form_full
Fiction
local_callnumber_catalog
FICTION Murphy, Y.
owning_library_catalog
Sacramento Public Library
owning_location_catalog
Central
primary_isbn
9780316112642
publishDate
2007
publisher
Little, Brown
Little, Brown and Company
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
Biographical fiction
Mata Hari, -- 1876-1917 -- Fiction
Spy stories
Women spies -- Fiction
World War, 1914-1918 -- Secret service -- Fiction
title_display
Signed, Mata Hari : a novel
title_full
Signed, Mata Hari : a novel / Yannick Murphy
Signed, Mata Hari A Novel
title_short
Signed, Mata Hari
title_sub
a novel
topic_facet
Fiction
Historical Fiction
Literature
Mata Hari
Secret service
Women spies
World War, 1914-1918

Solr Details Tables

item_details

Bib IdItem IdShelf LocCall NumFormatFormat CategoryNum CopiesIs Order ItemIs eContenteContent SourceeContent URLDetailed StatusLast CheckinLocation
overdrive:8fc6db9f-a8e3-4b27-98b2-6f30f240ad8a-2Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook1falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
ils:.b18391989.i65420895CentralFICTION Murphy, Y.1falsefalseOn Shelfcenag

record_details

Bib IdFormatFormat CategoryEditionLanguagePublisherPublication DatePhysical DescriptionAbridged
overdrive:8fc6db9f-a8e3-4b27-98b2-6f30f240ad8aeBookeBookEnglishLittle, Brown and Company2007
ils:.b18391989BookBooks1st edEnglishLittle, Brownc2007278 p. ; 22 cm.

scoping_details_catalog

Bib IdItem IdGrouped StatusStatusLocally OwnedAvailableHoldableBookableIn Library Use OnlyLibrary OwnedHoldable PTypesBookable PTypesLocal Url
overdrive:8fc6db9f-a8e3-4b27-98b2-6f30f240ad8a-2Available OnlineAvailable Onlinefalsetruetruefalsefalsefalse
ils:.b18391989.i65420895On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruetruefalsetrue0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 12011