Quatrième de couverture
'A deliciously fat and juicy story... utterly fascinating'
Saturday Telegraph
'Kalush and Sloman appear to have raked through every known Houdini archive to produce the most comprehensive and controversial biography ever written about the man, with its contention that he was a spy who may have been murdered by a cult'
Sunday Times
Since his death eighty years ago, Harry Houdini's life has been chronicled in numerous books, films and on television series. Now, in this ground-breaking biography, renowned magic expert William Kalush and bestselling writer Larry Sloman find the man behind the myth. Drawing from millions of pages of research, they describe in vivid detail the passions that drove Houdini to perform ever more dangerous feats, his secret life as a spy and a pernicious plot to subvert his legacy. It is an intimate and riveting portrayal of Houdini, the man and the legend.
'A generously illustrated book that vividly and, at times thrillingly, brings Houdini to life'
Sunday Telegraph
Présentation de l'éditeur
Handcuff King. Escape Artist. International Superstar.
Since his death eighty-eight years ago, Harry Houdini’s life has been chronicled in books, in film, and on television. Now, in this groundbreaking biography, renowned magic expert William Kalush and bestselling writer Larry Sloman team up to find the man behind the myth. Drawing from millions of pages of research, they describe in vivid detail the passions that drove Houdini to perform ever-more-dangerous feats, his secret life as a spy, and a pernicious plot to subvert his legacy.
The Secret Life of Houdini traces the arc of the master magician’s life from desperate poverty to worldwide fame—his legacy later threatened by a group of fanatical Spiritualists led by esteemed British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Initiating the reader along the way into the arcane world of professional magic, Kalush and Sloman decode a life based on deception, providing an intimate and riveting portrayal of Houdini, the man and the legend.
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