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La Vera Storia di Mata Hari
in8. Broché.
- GenresBiography Memoir
357 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1965
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January 14, 2015
As a good reference book, this one is hard to beat.
Waagenaar personally interviewed people whom Mata Hari knew as a child and as a young woman.
The best (and most interesting) was her maid and confidant, Anna.
It didn't hurt that Waagenaar (who had a notable career behind the camera in Hollywood) was, himself, Dutch and could speak first hand and knowledgeably with people who were only a generation older than himself.
There's not as much speculation here as other works.
Waagenaar personally interviewed people whom Mata Hari knew as a child and as a young woman.
The best (and most interesting) was her maid and confidant, Anna.
It didn't hurt that Waagenaar (who had a notable career behind the camera in Hollywood) was, himself, Dutch and could speak first hand and knowledgeably with people who were only a generation older than himself.
There's not as much speculation here as other works.
Displaying 1 of 1 review