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Mata Hari Last Dance A Novel Michelle Moran Books

This is the story of Margaretha Zelle who morphed into the alluring and beautiful Mata Hari, spy, lover, dancer – true events are rolled into a fictional account of this unique woman’s life.

Most of us have a hazy – possibly crazy – notion of this glamorous woman, her name is famous, but to truly pin her down would be a hard task. The book portrays a woman blighted by early traumatic experiences – abandonment by her father, then by her first lover and ultimately by the man she believed to be her one true love.

At an early age she was single-minded enough to find a husband who would take her to Java, one presumes, so that she could see what became of her first love; but after the loss of one child, the marriage soon turned sour – with domestic violence an integral feature – and she left, to pursue a life of dance, glitz and glamour. An army of military lovers in Paris awaits and between performing risqué dances in the Salons and theatres of Paris, Madrid and Berlin, she enjoys the good life and revels in the gifts that rain down on her. She is the material girl of her era. Her performances in Salome, Cleopatra, plus Tristan and Isolde all hold her audiences in thrall. The first half of the book charts the serried ranks of men who end up being seduced and there are many encounters to plough through. The second half sees her negotiating her way through war-riddled Europe to her untimely demise, desperately finding a way to get her daughter Nom back from the clutches of her erstwhile husband Rudolph Macleod. She is “a woman who routinely couples ill-advised liaisons with requests for compensation“… so very true.

It is her penchant for men in uniform that ultimately brings her down. Naive. Disingenuous. A fantasist. Haughty. Manipulator of men. Vindictive (“I take when someone has taken from me“). Yet at times kind. Underneath of course there seems to have been a conflicted woman, emotionally damaged through multiple losses, who saw the world in terms of how it could serve her rather than what she could back in. A narcissist at heart but still a child too, searching, yearning perhaps for a father figure, and delighted by glittering gemstones as her reward for just being her. This woman was truly “an orchid among buttercups” but a damaged flower who struggled to really see her place in the world.

Mata Hari is a woman whose very essence is nebulous, and to attempt to tie down a credible portrait of this capricious character, dovetailing vulnerability with cupidity… that is no mean feat.


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Mata Hari Last Dance A Novel Michelle Moran Books Reviews

Mata Hari is a a fabulous novel based on reality about the spy who really was no spy.
She was persecuted because of her alliances and dalliances with men, something that
would never happen to the latter/ She rose out of poverty through her love of dance
and a teacher who taught her to use her beauty to a sensuous advantage. As always
the style is above reproach and here, the author (one of my favorites) makes her
imagery and metaphor reminiscent of Anais Nin's lyrical fiction, no easy feat. A sad
book but compelling. Could not put in down! Bravo.
I enjoy Michelle Moran's books very much. She is an amazing author. I'm glad I read the book. I wanted to know who Mata Hari really was. It is not a book I will read again simply because the story of her life left me feeling empty. She was an exotic dancer who wanted rich men and money and did what had to be done to acquire them. It's a story well told about an unfulfilled life.
I would say this is my least favorite of all the Michelle Moran books thus far. With the others, I felt as though I was emotionally invested in the story and the main character; this book felt like watching a moderately interesting documentary on CNN. Perhaps it's because the interactions between Mata Hari and the other characters feel very shallow, unlike (for example) that between Selene and her brother in 'Cleopatra's Daughter'.
Fairly well written, but not Michelle Moran's best work. Ms. Moran's earlier books have complex historical characters with strong wills and an ability to lead even in male dominated societies. Mata Hari lacks significant depth in terms of a written character, her motivations and life events. Perhaps there just is not much to Mata Hari's to write about, but I was not compelled to stay up late and discover the next event in her life. Instead, Mata Hara was written as a fairly shallow woman without substance. Read Nefertiti, the Heretic Queen, and Madam Tussade for compelling examples of Moran's ability to bring strong, historic women to life.
I never really knew what to believe about Mata Hari but I always just assumed that she was executed because she deserved it. As I learn more about life and history I realize that things aren't always as they seem. Michelle Moran weaves an incredibly beautiful story of the scandalous Mata Hari. It begins with the young M'greet and all her frivolous naivety. She is carefree, reckless, and flippant. She isn't very likable to start off but as Mata Hari opens up little by little as the narrator you understand there is so much more to her than just an exotic dancer in Paris. The book ends with what history knows about Mata Hari but, deep down, I had hoped history had gotten it wrong this time. This was such a magnificent book and I likely would have finished it in one sitting if I didn't feel the urge to know every possible thing I could about this infamous woman as I turned each page. I constantly was doing research wanting to devour as much knowledge of her as I could. In the end I believe she was a scapegoat. She was just another evil seductress to be killed for the history books by men who didn't understand her.
I typically enjoy Michelle Moran's historical fiction novels, but this one left me feeling cold and apathetic. Unlike the young women of previous novels, such as Nefertari, Selene Cleopatra, or even Madame Tusseaud, Mata Hari is not likable or sympathetic. While it is clear early on that she endured her fair share of tragedies, her present-day persona is one enamored by the latest fashion, gossip, and who's who in whatever city she happens to be in. She uses and abuses men for her own gains, and is only out for herself. While the writing is superb (as always) and the stage is set beautifully, Mata Hari fails to deliver.
This is the story of Margaretha Zelle who morphed into the alluring and beautiful Mata Hari, spy, lover, dancer – true events are rolled into a fictional account of this unique woman’s life.

Most of us have a hazy – possibly crazy – notion of this glamorous woman, her name is famous, but to truly pin her down would be a hard task. The book portrays a woman blighted by early traumatic experiences – abandonment by her father, then by her first lover and ultimately by the man she believed to be her one true love.

At an early age she was single-minded enough to find a husband who would take her to Java, one presumes, so that she could see what became of her first love; but after the loss of one child, the marriage soon turned sour – with domestic violence an integral feature – and she left, to pursue a life of dance, glitz and glamour. An army of military lovers in Paris awaits and between performing risqué dances in the Salons and theatres of Paris, Madrid and Berlin, she enjoys the good life and revels in the gifts that rain down on her. She is the material girl of her era. Her performances in Salome, Cleopatra, plus Tristan and Isolde all hold her audiences in thrall. The first half of the book charts the serried ranks of men who end up being seduced and there are many encounters to plough through. The second half sees her negotiating her way through war-riddled Europe to her untimely demise, desperately finding a way to get her daughter Nom back from the clutches of her erstwhile husband Rudolph Macleod. She is “a woman who routinely couples ill-advised liaisons with requests for compensation“… so very true.

It is her penchant for men in uniform that ultimately brings her down. Naive. Disingenuous. A fantasist. Haughty. Manipulator of men. Vindictive (“I take when someone has taken from me“). Yet at times kind. Underneath of course there seems to have been a conflicted woman, emotionally damaged through multiple losses, who saw the world in terms of how it could serve her rather than what she could back in. A narcissist at heart but still a child too, searching, yearning perhaps for a father figure, and delighted by glittering gemstones as her reward for just being her. This woman was truly “an orchid among buttercups” but a damaged flower who struggled to really see her place in the world.

Mata Hari is a woman whose very essence is nebulous, and to attempt to tie down a credible portrait of this capricious character, dovetailing vulnerability with cupidity… that is no mean feat.