''Mata Hari's Daughter'' (French: ''La Fille de Mata-Hari'') is a romantic

adventure novel Adventure fiction is a type of fiction that usually presents danger, or gives the reader a sense of excitement. Some adventure fiction also satisfies the literary definition of romance fiction. History In the introduction to the ''Encycloped ...

by the French writer

Jacques Laurent Jacques Laurent or Jacques Laurent-Cély (5 January 1919 – 29 December 2000) was a French writer and journalist. He was born in Paris, the son of a barrister. During World War II, he fought with the Algerian Tirailleurs. Laurent was elect ...

, under the

pen name A pen name or nom-de-plume is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen name may be used to make the author's na ...

Cécil Saint-Laurent. It is in a similar style to his popular Chérie series of novels and features the daughter of the notorious

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

spy

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

, who, like her mother, is a dancer who becomes embroiled in espionage. Published in 1954, it was adapted into a French-Italian film ''

Mata Hari's Daughter ''Mata Hari's Daughter'' () is a 1954 French-Italian adventure film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Ludmilla Tchérina, Erno Crisa and Frank Latimore.Chiti & Poppi p.158 It is based on a novel of the same title by Jacques Laurent. The f ...

'' the same year.Mavis p.201

References

Bibliography

* Paul Mavis. ''The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 Through 1999''. McFarland, 2001. 1954 French novels French romance novels French adventure novels French novels adapted into films Adventure novels adapted into films Novels by Jacques Laurent {{1950s-novel-stub