A review by crystalvaughan0603
Mata Hari's Last Dance by Michelle Moran

5.0

I didn't know much about Mata Hari before I read this book. Just the basics really- she was a spy (turns out not very good and not really enthusiastic about it), she was tried by France as a German spy. All of the details about who she was and what she did were things I didn't know. This book was an emotional read for me. In fact, by the end, seeing all of the lies piled up against her and seeing her helplessness caused me to shed a copious amount of tears. I sobbed. She got the 'Anne Boleyn' treatment.

Michelle Moran made Mata Hari real. She imbued this character with the humanity that made Mata Hari a real, empathetic person. After reading this, I feel as though I knew Mata Hari.