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World Service,24 May 1999,4 mins

First World War Spy Mata Hari

My Century

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Mata Hari was a spy for the Germans who became a double agent for the French during the First World War. She was famous for her seductions, and the incautious 'pillow talk' she elicited from her lovers. She has been blamed for deaths of 50,000 men.

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