Hilda von Einem is a fictional character in John Buchan's 1916 novel ''

Greenmantle ''Greenmantle'' is the second of five novels by John Buchan featuring the character Richard Hannay. It was first published in 1916 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being ' ...

''. She is a German '' femme fatale'' who masterminds a plot to stir up a Muslim jihad against the Allies. She has been described as a "glamorous but merciless female agent" and a "pale-blue-eyed northern goddess". Rosie White suggests that von Einem is a " trope loosely based on

Mata Hari Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod (née Zelle; 7 August 187615 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari (), was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I. She was executed ...

" and that she represents a "decadent, oriental sexuality".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Einem, Hilda Fictional secret agents and spies John Buchan characters Literary characters introduced in 1916 Female literary villains