Borlase, J. S.
- The King of the Conjurors
ISBN: 9789086190027
Size: 14 x 20.5 cm, 256 pages
Weight :270 gram
Originally published by: James Blackwood and Co., London.
1877
This very scarce adventure novel, set around Algeria and the
Arabian deserts in 1859, stars real-life famed magician Robert-Houdin's
ex-"sprite", or assistant, as he makes his way through
various scrapes using ventriloquism, disguise and magic (there
are also detailed descriptions of two separate Houdin performances).
With illustrations.
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