{"product_id":"signed-mata-hari","title":"Yannick Murphy: Signed, Mata Hari [2007] paperback","description":"In the cold October of 1917 Margaretha Zelle, alias Mata Hari, the infamous exotic dancer, sits in a prison cell in Paris awaiting trial on charges of espionage; the penalty, death by firing squad. As she waits, Mata Hari tells stories - much like Scheherazade in The 1001 Nights - to buy back her life from her interrogators. From a bleak childhood on the shores of the North Sea, through a loveless marriage to a Dutch naval officer, Margaretha is transported to the sensual pleasures of the south seas. She spins tales of native lovers and fragrant Javanese jungles; she tells of the ugly disintegration of her family. Then, in flight from her brutal husband, Margaretha reinvents herself: she becomes the temple dancer Mata Hari - dressed in veils, admired by Diaghilev, performing for the crowned heads of Europe. Tender, subtle and intensely erotic, Murphy's retelling of an iconic story is a haunting portrait of love and treachery.","brand":"Murphy, Yannick","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":52801261928787,"sku":"9780349120829","price":14.27,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":52801261896019,"sku":"XV80349120829","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Good","offer_id":48128242254163,"sku":"XG80349120829","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/murphy-yannick-yannick-murphy-signed-mata-hari-2007-paperback-1216964354.jpg?v=1768575518","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/signed-mata-hari","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}