Author: FISHER, DAVID
Title: The War Magician: The Man Who Conjured Victory in the Desert
Description: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 342 pages. With plates. ; Book; Jasper Maskelyne was the greatest stage magician and illusionist of modern times. World famous in the 1930s he volunteered his services to the British army when the war broke out, confident that his magic would give British forces an edge in battle. It did. He was sent to Egypt where the Germans threatened to reach Alexandria, Cairo and the Suez Canal. Maskelyne created a fake harbour in Alexandria which was bombed by the Germans, with a team of stage-hands, camouflage experts and other volunteers he disappeared the Suez Canal, and was also active in counter-espionage. His war culminated in the deception plan carried out at El Alamein. Nowadays undeservedly forgotten, this biography tells the story of his life and achievements.. New in New dust jacket .
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Title: The War Magician: The Man Who Conjured Victory in the Desert
Description: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 342 pages. With plates. ; Book; Jasper Maskelyne was the greatest stage magician and illusionist of modern times. World famous in the 1930s he volunteered his services to the British army when the war broke out, confident that his magic would give British forces an edge in battle. It did. He was sent to Egypt where the Germans threatened to reach Alexandria, Cairo and the Suez Canal. Maskelyne created a fake harbour in Alexandria which was bombed by the Germans, with a team of stage-hands, camouflage experts and other volunteers he disappeared the Suez Canal, and was also active in counter-espionage. His war culminated in the deception plan carried out at El Alamein. Nowadays undeservedly forgotten, this biography tells the story of his life and achievements.. New in New dust jacket .
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Price: GBP 30.00 = appr. US$ 42.84 Seller: Literary Cat Books
- Book number: 418
- Book number: 418