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Masters of Mystery: The Strange Friendship of Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houd,
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “Used book in good condition. Shows typical wear. Quick shipping. Satisfaction guaranteed!”
- Narrative Type
- Actors & Entertainers
- Type
- Book
- Intended Audience
- N/A
- ISBN
- 9780230342033
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0230342035
ISBN-13
9780230342033
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117245235
Product Key Features
Book Title
Masters of Mystery: the Strange Friendship of Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Spiritualism, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
2013
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Body, Mind & Spirit, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
10.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
A must read... a fascinating insight into Houdini's daily life and his unique relationship with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... provided a great amount of new relevant historical facts and details that have been heretofore hidden from Houdini followers... Sandford's reverse engineering of Houdini's thought process makes the reader feel they are in the company of the Houdini and his contemporaries... I couldn't put the book down., "Absorbing and prodigiously researched . . . Houdini's and Conan Doyle's life stories, together and separately, have been told before, but Masters of Mystery is a worthy addition to the long shelf of existing work about these remarkable men."- Seattle Times "Veteran celebrity biographer Sandford brings together two fierce yet mutually respectful antagonists on the subject of spiritualism…A fascinating account of an unlikely relationship."- Kirkus Reviews "Rivetingly chronicles the eternal persistence of humbug, chicanery and that inextinguishable human trait we call 'hope.'"-Arthur Magida, author of The Nazi Séance "A must read… a fascinating insight into Houdini's daily life and his unique relationship with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle… provided a great amount of new relevant historical facts and details that have been heretofore hidden from Houdini followers… Sandford's reverse engineering of Houdini's thought process makes the reader feel they are in the company of the Houdini and his contemporaries… I couldn't put the book down." - Geno Munari, President, Houdini Picture Corporation, Houdini, Houdini Magic., "Absorbing and prodigiously researched . . . Houdini's and Conan Doyle's life stories, together and separately, have been told before, but Masters of Mystery is a worthy addition to the long shelf of existing work about these remarkable men."- Seattle Times, "Absorbing and prodigiously researched . . . Houdini's and Conan Doyle's life stories, together and separately, have been told before, but Masters of Mystery is a worthy addition to the long shelf of existing work about these remarkable men."- Seattle Times "Veteran celebrity biographer Sandford brings together two fierce yet mutually respectful antagonists on the subject of spiritualism...A fascinating account of an unlikely relationship."- Kirkus Reviews "Rivetingly chronicles the eternal persistence of humbug, chicanery and that inextinguishable human trait we call 'hope.'"-Arthur Magida, author of The Nazi Séance "A must read... a fascinating insight into Houdini's daily life and his unique relationship with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... provided a great amount of new relevant historical facts and details that have been heretofore hidden from Houdini followers... Sandford's reverse engineering of Houdini's thought process makes the reader feel they are in the company of the Houdini and his contemporaries... I couldn't put the book down." - Geno Munari, President, Houdini Picture Corporation, Houdini, Houdini Magic., Veteran celebrity biographer Sandford brings together two fierce yet mutually respectful antagonists on the subject of spiritualism...A fascinating account of an unlikely relationship., "Absorbing and prodigiously researched . . . Houdini's and Conan Doyle's life stories, together and separately, have been told before, but Masters of Mystery is a worthy addition to the long shelf of existing work about these remarkable men." -- Seattle Times "Veteran celebrity biographer Sandford brings together two fierce yet mutually respectful antagonists on the subject of spiritualism...A fascinating account of an unlikely relationship." -- Kirkus Reviews "Rivetingly chronicles the eternal persistence of humbug, chicanery and that inextinguishable human trait we call 'hope.'" -- Arthur Magida, author of The Nazi Séance "A must read... a fascinating insight into Houdini's daily life and his unique relationship with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... provided a great amount of new relevant historical facts and details that have been heretofore hidden from Houdini followers... Sandford's reverse engineering of Houdini's thought process makes the reader feel they are in the company of the Houdini and his contemporaries... I couldn't put the book down." -- Geno Munari, President, Houdini Picture Corporation, Houdini, Houdini Magic., Absorbing and prodigiously researched . . . Houdini's and Conan Doyle's life stories, together and separately, have been told before, but Masters of Mystery is a worthy addition to the long shelf of existing work about these remarkable men., "Absorbing and prodigiously researched . . . Houdini's and Conan Doyle's life stories, together and separately, have been told before, but Masters of Mystery is a worthy addition to the long shelf of existing work about these remarkable men." -- Seattle Times "Veteran celebrity biographer Sandford brings together two fierce yet mutually respectful antagonists on the subject of spiritualism...A fascinating account of an unlikely relationship." -- Kirkus Reviews "Rivetingly chronicles the eternal persistence of humbug, chicanery and that inextinguishable human trait we call 'hope.'" -- Arthur Magida, author of The Nazi Sance "A must read... a fascinating insight into Houdini's daily life and his unique relationship with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... provided a great amount of new relevant historical facts and details that have been heretofore hidden from Houdini followers... Sandford's reverse engineering of Houdini's thought process makes the reader feel they are in the company of the Houdini and his contemporaries... I couldn't put the book down." -- Geno Munari, President, Houdini Picture Corporation, Houdini, Houdini Magic., Rivetingly chronicles the eternal persistence of humbug, chicanery and that inextinguishable human trait we call 'hope.'
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
793.8092/2
Synopsis
Renowned mystery author Arthur Conan Doyle and famous illusionist Harry Houdini first met in 1920, during the magician's tour of England. At the time, Conan Doyle had given up his lucrative writing career, killing off Sherlock Holmes in the process, in order to concentrate on his increasingly manic interest in Spiritualism. Houdini, who regularly conducted s ances in an attempt to reach his late mother, was also infatuated with the idea of what he called a "living afterlife," though his enthusiasm came to be tempered by his ability to expose fraudulent mediums, many of whom employed crude variations of his own well-known illusions. Using previously unpublished material on the murky relationship between Houdini and Conan Doyle, this sometimes macabre, sometimes comic tale tells the fascinating story of the relationship between two of the most loved figures of the twentieth century and their pursuit of magic and lost loved ones., Renowned mystery author Arthur Conan Doyle and famous illusionist Harry Houdini first met in 1920, during the magician's tour of England. At the time, Conan Doyle had given up his lucrative writing career, killing off Sherlock Holmes in the process, in order to concentrate on his increasingly manic interest in Spiritualism. Houdini, who regularly conducted séances in an attempt to reach his late mother, was also infatuated with the idea of what he called a "living afterlife," though his enthusiasm came to be tempered by his ability to expose fraudulent mediums, many of whom employed crude variations of his own well-known illusions. Using previously unpublished material on the murky relationship between Houdini and Conan Doyle, this sometimes macabre, sometimes comic tale tells the fascinating story of the relationship between two of the most loved figures of the twentieth century and their pursuit of magic and lost loved ones.
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