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Publisher: Atria Books
Publication Date: 2006-10-31
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0743272072
ISBN-13: 9780743272070
Product ID: EPID53572293
Description: After years of struggling on the dime museum circuit, Harry Houdini got a break that put him on the front page of a Chicago newspaper. Soon Houdini was performing for royalty, commanding vast sums, and exploring the new power of Hollywoo...
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After years of struggling on the dime museum circuit, Harry Houdini got a break that put him on the front page of a Chicago newspaper. Soon Houdini was performing for royalty, commanding vast sums, and exploring the new power of Hollywood. At a time when spy agencies frequently co-opted amateurs, Houdini developed a relationship with a man who would later run MI-5. For the next several years, the world's most famous magician traveled to Germany and Russia and routinely reported his findings. After World War I, Houdini embarked on a battle of his own, creating a group of operatives to infiltrate the seamy world of fake spirit mediums. In doing so, he triggered the wrath of fanatical Spiritualists, led by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Death threats became an everyday occurrence, but the group would pose an even greater danger to Houdini's legacy.--From publisher description.

In this extensive new biography of the world's most famous escape artist, the authors suggest that Harry Houdini was an undercover spy for British Intelligence, reporting on activities in Germany, Russia, and the United States. Additionally, the book hints that Houdini's death from a brutal blow to the kidney may have been a murder arranged by the Spiritualist group led by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Beyond these intriguing new possibilities, the biography tells the gripping story of Houdini's climb from poverty to a superstardom unprecedented for the time.

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Publication Date:2006-10-31

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Length:592 pages
Height:9.3 in
Width:6.5 in
Thickness:1.2 in
Weight:35.2 oz

Publisher's Note
Draws on newly uncovered archives and the co-author's expertise in magic to reveal Houdini's secret work as a spy for the United States and England, his post-war efforts to expose the fraudulent activities of spiritualist mediums, and the plot organized by Arthur Conan Doyle to have him murdered. 125,000 first printing.

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