The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Book One, The Mata Hari Affair is the first and only entry in Ballantine's planned series of novels based on the The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles television series.
Released in 1992, it was adapted by James Luceno from the episodes "Verdun, September 1916" and "Paris, October 1916".
Publisher's summary[]
Ever in pursuit of knowledge, Indiana Jones made his mark through his daring and dangerous quests. But before Indy became an adult, he was a youth whose early escapades were every bit as intriguing as his later, legendary exploits. Revealed for the first time, here are the chronicles of Young Indiana Jones, a hero at any age....
THE MATA HARI AFFAIR
During World War I, the beautiful temptress Mata Hari was a dancer whose revealing costumes shocked all of Paris. When Indy met her on leave from his perilous frontline duties as a battlefield messenger, their attraction was instant. But Indy was to discover that Mata Hari hid a far darker self. This extraordinary woman was very possibly a German spy on a heartless mission to win the war for her country, at whatever cost to the Allies. Caught between passion and honor, young Indy would be forced to choose sides in a battle he could easily lose....
Appearances[]
Characters[]
- Aphrodite (Statue)
- Baba
- Theca Bara (Mentioned only)
- P. Barc
- Henri Barbusse (Mentioned only)
- Remy Baudouin
- Daniel Beard (Mentioned only)
- Major Beaufort (Mentioned only)
- Lt. General Maurice Francois Baumgarten (Photo)
- Henri Bergson (Mentioned only)
- Antoine Bernard (Photo)
- Irving Berlin (Mentioned only)
- Bert
- Buffalo Bill (Mentioned only)
- Bowery Billy (Mentioned only)
- Oswald Boelcke (Mentioned only)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (Mentioned only)
- André Charles Boulle (Mentioned only)
- Breton (Mentioned only)
- John Buchan (Mentioned only)
- Julius Caesar (Mentioned only)
- Jules Cambon (Mentioned only)
- Tom Carren
- Nick Carter (Mentioned only)
- General Cartier
- Butch Cassidy (Mentioned only)
- Irene Castle (Mentioned only)
- Suzette Chambin (Mentioned only)
- Coco Chanel (Mentioned only)
- Winston Churchill (Mentioned only)
- Georges Clemenceau (Mentioned only)
- George Cohan (Mentioned only)
- Jean Cocteau (Mentioned only)
- Stephen Crane (Mentioned only)
- George Armstrong Custer (Mentioned only)
- Charles de Gaulle (Mentioned only)
- Henry de Marguerie (Mentioned only)
- Delacroix (Mentioned only)
- Baron Henry de Marguerie (Mentioned only)
- Vadim de Masloff
- Charles de Tricornot de Rose (Mentioned only)
- Dostoevsky (Mentioned only)
- Isadora Duncan (Mentioned only)
- Albert Einstein (Mentioned only)
- Edward Elgar (Mentioned only)
- Eliot
- Emile
- Erté (Mentioned only)
- Franz Ferdinand (Mentioned only)
- James Fernie (Mentioned only)
- Henry Ford (Mentioned only)
- James Frazer (Mentioned only)
- Johannes Frederich-Schwenker
- Sigmund Freud (Mentioned only)
- Gaston
- Captain Gautier (Flashbacks)
- Gide (Mentioned only)
- Girard
- Lady Godiva (Mentioned only)
- Griebl (Mentioned only)
- D. W. Griffith (Mentioned only)
- Hector Guimard (Mentioned only)
- Jean Guillaumet (Mentioned only)
- Gunter
- Mata Hari
- Lanoe Hawker (Mentioned only)
- William Randolph Hearst (Mentioned only)
- Lovering Hill (Mentioned only)
- Hoedemaker (Mentioned only)
- Max Immelmann (Mentioned only)
- Jean-Marc
- Jim
- Anna Mary Jones (Mentioned only)
- Frank Jones (Mentioned only)
- Henry Walton Jones, Senior (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones
- Carl Jung (Mentioned only)
- Kiff
- Kroemer (Mentioned only)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (Mentioned only)
- George Ladoux (Mentioned only)
- Lady Lavina (Mentioned only)
- Thomas Edward Lawrence (Mentioned only)
- Hans Lehmann
- Annabelle Levi
- Jacques Levi
- David Livingstone (Mentioned only)
- Louis
- Lupchova (Mentioned only)
- Lupe (Mentioned only)
- Hubert Lyautey
- Charles Mangin
- Captain Vadim Maslov (Mentioned only)
- Henry Maxim (Mentioned only)
- Campbell MacLeod (Mentioned only)
- William McKinley (Mentioned only)
- Frank Merriwell (Mentioned only)
- Micheal
- Mimette
- Monique
- Adrienne Monnier (Mentioned only)
- Nicole
- Nietzche (Mentioned only)
- Robert Nivelle
- Henri Philippe Pétain
- Pablo Picasso (Mentioned only)
- Mary Pickford (Mentioned only)
- James Plunkett (Mentioned only)
- Mrs. Pontamin
- Vicky Prentiss (Mentioned only)
- Norman Prince
- Marcel Proust (Mentioned only)
- Red Baron (Mentioned only)
- Pat Redfield
- Corporal Remann
- Captain Renaud
- Robert (Mentioned only)
- Theodore Roosevelt (Mentioned only)
- Salome (Mentioned only)
- Siegfried Sassoon (Mentioned only)
- Schopenhauer (Mentioned only)
- Franz Schubert (Mentioned only)
- Helen Margaret Seymour (Mentioned only)
- George Bernard Shaw (Mentioned only)
- Shiva (Statue)
- Eugenie Bazin Sorevil
- Major Spesfant
- Henry Stanley (Mentioned only)
- Gertrude Stein (Mentioned only)
- Richard Strauss (Mentioned only)
- Sundance Kid (Mentioned only)
- Titian (Mentioned only)
- Tintoretto (Mentioned only)
- Leo Tolstoy (Mentioned only)
- Mrs. Toufours
- Corporal Tuak
- Major Twinbury
- Vic
- Pancho Villa (Mentioned only)
- Von Bissing (Mentioned only)
- Erich von Falkenhayn (Mentioned only)
- Sophie von Hohenberg (Mentioned only)
- Manfred von Richthofen (Mentioned only)
- Honus Wagner (Mentioned only)
- H. G. Wells (Mentioned only)
- Pearl White (Mentioned only)
- William
- Wurbein (Mentioned only)
Locations[]
- Amsterdam (Mentioned only)
- Austria (Mentioned only)
- Belgium (Mentioned only)
- Belgrade (Mentioned only)
- Bolivia (Mentioned only)
- Cairo (Mentioned only)
- China (Mentioned only)
- Congo (Mentioned only)
- Cuba (Mentioned only)
- France
- Alsace (Mentioned only)
- Artois (Mentioned only)
- Bar-le-Duc (Mentioned only)
- Beuenevisin (Mentioned only)
- Biarritz (Mentioned only)
- Bras (Mentioned only)
- Brittany (Mentioned only)
- Champagne (Mentioned only)
- Château d'Esnes (Mentioned only)
- Chaufour Woods (Mentioned only)
- Contrexéville (Mentioned only)
- Ecole Polytechnique (Mentioned only)
- Festubert (Mentioned only)
- Froideterre (Mentioned only)
- Fort Douaumont (Mentioned only)
- Fort Souville (Mentioned only)
- Fort Tavannes (Mentioned only)
- Hardaumont (Mentioned only)
- Marne (Mentioned only)
- Meuse River (Mentioned only)
- Montmartre (Mentioned only)
- Montrachet (Mentioned only)
- Musigny (Mentioned only)
- Nancy (Mentioned only)
- Normandy (Mentioned only)
- Paris
- Arc de Triomphe
- Arcueil (Mentioned only)
- Avenue Kléber
- Baboon's Place
- Bois de Boulogne (Mentioned only)
- Bois de Vincennes (Mentioned only)
- Boulevard Edgar Quinet (Mentioned only)
- Boulevard des Capucines
- Au Colier d'Ambre
- Champs-Élysées (Mentioned only)
- Clichy
- Comédie-Française (Mentioned only)
- Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris
- Doric Temple of Friendship
- The Étoile
- Fauborg St-Germain (Mentioned only)
- Faubourg St-Honoré (Mentioned only)
- Faubourg St-Martin
- Follies Berger (Mentioned only)
- Hotel D'Antin
- Hotel Francois
- Hotel Ritz
- Hotel de Ville
- Hotel Meurice (Mentioned only)
- La Maison des Amis des Livres on rue de l'Odéon (Mentioned only)
- La Poste (Mentioned only)
- Latin Quarter (Mentioned only)
- Le Sphinx (Mentioned only)
- Madeleine
- Montparnasse (Mentioned only)
- Moulin Rouge (Mentioned only)
- Neuilly (Mentioned only)
- Notre-Dame
- Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe (Mentioned only)
- One Two Two (Mentioned only)
- Paris Opera (Mentioned only)
- Passy (Mentioned only)
- Pavillon d'Armenonville
- Pigalle (Mentioned only)
- Rue du Perre (Mentioned only)
- Place d'lena (Mentioned only)
- Place de la Concorde
- Pont de la Concorde
- Place de l'Opéra
- Place de Parvis
- Place de Voges
- Rose Croix
- Rue Burgogne
- Rue de la Paix
- Rue de Londres
- Rue de Rivoli
- Rue de St-Antoine
- Rue Galilee
- Rue Laffitte
- Rue Royale
- Rue Scribe
- Grand Hotel
- Rue St-Honore (Mentioned only)
- Rumplemeyers
- Saint Germain des-Pres
- Rue Jacob
- Seine
- Ile de la Cite
- Pont de Notre Dame
- Quai St-Michel
- Strasbourg
- The Fountain of River Commerce and Navigation and the Fountain of the Seas
- Tour St-Jacques
- Pas de Calais (Mentioned only)
- Cauchy-a-la-Tour (Mentioned only)
- Quatre-Cheminées (Mentioned only)
- Pied du Gravier (Mentioned only)
- Quennevières (Mentioned only)
- Ravine of Death (Mentioned only)
- Reims Cathedral (Mentioned only)
- Rhine (Mentioned only)
- Soissons (Mentioned only)
- Souilly
- French Army's General Staff Headquarters
- Somme
- St. Michel (Mentioned only)
- Troyon (Mentioned only)
- Verdun
- Abbey of St Paul (Mentioned only)
- Notre-Dame de Verdun (Mentioned only)
- Vittel (Mentioned only)
- Yser (Mentioned only)
- Germany (Mentioned only)
- Bavaria (Mentioned only)
- Dusterstadt (Mentioned only)
- Berlin (Mentioned only)
- Bavaria (Mentioned only)
- Genoa (Mentioned only)
- Harvard University (Mentioned only)
- Indonesia (Mentioned only)
- Bandung (Mentioned only)
- Candi Singhasari (Mentioned only)
- Malang (Mentioned only)
- Kenya (Mentioned only)
- Little Big Horn (Mentioned only)
- London (Mentioned only)
- Belgian recruitment office (Mentioned only)
- Thames (Mentioned only)
- Mexico (Mentioned only)
- Hearst hacienda (Mentioned only)
- Mazatlán (Mentioned only)
- Natal (Mentioned only)
- Panama Canal (Mentioned only)
- Princeton University (Mentioned only)
- Russia (Mentioned only)
- Petrograd (Mentioned only)
- Saint Louis (Mentioned only)
- Sarajevo (Mentioned only)
- Spain (Mentioned only)
- The Hague (Mentioned only)
- Transvaal (Mentioned only)
- Valley of the Kings (Mentioned only)
- Wales (Mentioned only)
- United States of America (Mentioned only)
- Manhattan (Mentioned only)
- New York City (Mentioned only)
- Central Park West (Mentioned only)
- Woolworth Building (Mentioned only)
- New York City (Mentioned only)
- Newark, New Jersey (Mentioned only)
- New Orleans (Mentioned only)
- Utah (Mentioned only)
- Washington DC (Mentioned only)
- Yale University (Mentioned only)
- Manhattan (Mentioned only)
Animals[]
- Bull (Mentioned only)
- Cow (Mentioned only)
- Dog (Mentioned only)
- Eagle (Mentioned only)
- Goat (Mentioned only)
- Horse
- Lion (Mentioned only)
- Python (Mentioned only)
- Seal (Mentioned only)
- Squirrel (Mentioned only)
- Wolf (Mentioned only)
Miscellanea[]
- A Fool There Was (Poster)
- L'Assiette au Beurre
- Berliet
- Birth of a Nation (Poster)
- Boy Scouts of America (Mentioned only)
- Boer War (Mentioned only)
- The Call of the Wild (Mentioned only)
- Fedora (Mentioned only)
- Femina
- The Four Feathers (Mentioned only)
- Franco-Prussian War (Mentioned only)
- French Revolution (Mentioned only)
- Frou-Frou
- La Gazette du Bon Ton
- Golden Bough (Mentioned only)
- Halley's Comet (Mentioned only)
- The Interpretation of Dreams (Mentioned only)
- Keystone Cops (Mentioned only)
- Lafayette Escadrille
- Le Style Parisien
- L'Homme libre (Mentioned only)
- La Vie Parisien
- Mummy (Mentioned only)
- Parade (Mentioned only)
- Peter Pan (Mentioned only)
- Piltdown man (Mentioned only)
- Red Badge of Courage (Mentioned only)
- Russian Revolution (Mentioned only)
- The Saturday Evening Post
- Sirhind Brigade (Mentioned only)
- Tarzan of the Apes (Mentioned only)
- The Thirty-Nine Steps
- The American Boy's Handy Book (Mentioned only)
- The Shape of Things to Come (Mentioned only)
- Theory of Special Relativity (Mentioned only)
- Whip (Mentioned only)
- World War I
Behind the scenes[]
The novel suggests that Indiana Jones learned the Quechua language from his father. However, this detail would be contracted by Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, in which Indiana says he learned Quechua from Pancho Villa's men.