<p>When Mata Hari arrived in Paris she was penniless. Within months she was the most celebrated woman in the city. <br>As a dancer she shocked and delighted audiences as a courtesan she bewitched the era's richest and most powerful men. <br>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.<br>Told in Mata Hari's voice through her final letter <i>The Spy</i> is the unforgettable story of a woman who dared to defy convention and paid the ultimate price.</p>