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July 27th, 1917.

Paris, France.

A military courtroom packed to the gills, everyone jockeying for space to sit, air to breathe,

and a view.

What is the occasion that's brought all of these people here?

What is this new crime of the century that has captured everyone's attention?

A woman walks through the crowd, silent, and alone, ill and bloated from harsh conditions

in prison, but she keeps her head held high.

She is hated, reviled, and not just for being a criminal, but for being the worst kind

of criminal, an enemy of the state.

But she's not just any woman.

She's famous, at least around Paris.

She's Matahari, perhaps one of the most well-known exotic dancers to light up the Parisian

stage in the early 20th century, but all that doesn't matter now.

In the eyes of the men who glare at her, she's a spy.

Shrewd, manipulative, selfish, seductive.

All words used to describe this alleged double agent who spent the bloodiest years of World

War I working both sides of the conflict, sleeping with German and French officers alike,

selling secrets for cash and favors from the highest bidders.

In the largest conflict the world has seen so far, this one woman used her beauty, charm,

and sex appeal to traverse the front for her own benefit, and sent some 40,000 French

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