Promotional Information

Simply the finest, best told, most graceful history of the Golden Age of magic I've ever read.' - Glen David Gold, bestselling author of Carter Beats the Devil

About the Author

Jim Steinmeyer has designed illusions for David Copperfield, Ricky Jay, Siegfried & Roy and Orson Welles, and for six broadway shows including The Beauty and the Beast. A consultant for a forthcoming BBC documentary on the history of magic and producer of a Channel 4 documentary, he is currently working on Richrard Eyre's Mary Poppins and is a contributing editor of Magic magazine.