Did magician Cazeneuve and the Queen of Madagascar have an affair? Was there a ghost living in the house of the Fox Sisters? Why do magicians pull a rabbit out of a hat instead of a racoon?
Who was buried at The Great Lafayette’s funeral if it wasn’t Lafayette himself? Who killed Chung Ling Soo? What magician invented the pay toilet?
This book, which also functions like a deck of cards, deals with the history of magic with a novel approach: through the caricatures and biographies of fifty-two famous magicians.
The book is filled with history, humor and adventure but, above all, it deals with magic and how to do magic.
With so many good magicians in it, the book ended up acquiring magic powers. Using the book and a deck of cards you can guess what is written on a randomly selected page; a caricature of a magician selected by a playing card disappear; a chosen page matches the only red card in a blue-backed deck; a line of text appears rotated when a spectator turns over the corresponding card.
The book opens the door to many new tricks.
It contains over a hundred magnificent caricatures by magician and artist Angel Idígoras, along with the life, stories, and miracles of each and every one of these celebrities, from the early conjurers to the magicians of today, including Houdini, Maskelyne, Hofzinser, Saint John Bosco, Dai Vernon, Slydini, Annemann, Cardini, Okito, René Lavand, Tamariz, Ascanio, and Copperfield.
La follia di un etrusco
Smontiamo la violenza
Le 100 fontane di Firenze
Lola e Arturo – una storia figlinese
Quell'estate del '44 e altri racconti
Sàkala Màkala
Fra terra e cielo
Cartomagia Scenica
La corona d'oro
Il re dei bari
Strategie della psicoterapia dinamica
La Via Magica (Nuova edizione)
Elementale
Il mare ricco
Memorie di un tempo di guerra
E nacque la Moda Italiana
Figlie con e senza madri
La memoria di Giano
Roberto Super-Light
La farfalla dalle ali di pietra
Illusionarium
Luciano Ricci. Una vita per la fotografia
Theory U 