Arriving in Paris without a penny, Mata Hari quickly imposed herself as a star dancer of the early 20th century. She was indissociable and independent, and seduced the public, enchanting the richest and most powerful men of the time. But her flamboyant way of life made a scandal and soon attracted suspicions while the paranoia seized the country at war. Arrested in 1917 in her hotel room on the Champs-Elysées, she was accused of espionage. By making Mata Hari's voice heard, Paulo Coelho tells us the unforgettable story of a woman who paid for her life's taste for freedom.