Houdini Unbound: Espionage in Russia
It's 1903; America is besieged by a rapacious Russia and a power-mad Germany. President Theodore Roosevelt has just learned that the Russians have stolen the U.S. diplomatic code, and that the Germans have a nest of spies in the Russian royal court. Into this maelstrom steps the young and innocent Harry Houdini. His brilliant illusions have convinced Nicholas and Alexandra, the Russian royals, that he has genuine magical powers. When they invite Harry and his wife Bess to become their spiritual advisers, Roosevelt enlists Houdini as a spy for the U.S.A. Suddenly, Houdini is performing on a world scale, and the stakes are much higher than even…
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- ISBN: 978-0-9985329-4-3
- EAN: 9780998532943
- Produktnummer: 32300048
- Verlag: Lightning Source Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 426 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.5 cm 683 g
- Gewicht: 683
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David Saltman has been performing magic since he was eleven years old. As The Great Saltini he made magic history by being the first ever to saw a lady in half with a chain saw! He wrote a column on illusion for Francis Ford Coppola's weekly magazine City, and has written on a wide range of subjects for The New York Times, Rolling Stone and many other publications. As a producer-director he made more than 200 documentary films for the major television networks. In the course of researching this book David has become recognized as one of the world's pre-eminent experts on Houdini. His weekly web magazine, The Houdini File, has upended traditional Houdini historical research with a wealth of new discoveries about the man, the magician and his origins. The Library of Congress has enlisted David as a consultant on their most difficult inquiries about Houdini.
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