War Magician

Author : David Fisher
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798212008020

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The War Magician by David Fisher Pdf

Based on an extraordinary true story and soon to be a major film produced by and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, The War Magician is the remarkable tale of the man who used the powers of illusion to fight the Nazis—and created the most remarkable feat of legerdemain since the Trojan Horse. How an Illusionist Changed the Course of World War II When England went to war against Hitler in 1939, it mobilized its entire military and industrial resources. But there was no place in that vast army for legendary stage magician Jasper Maskelyne, whose family was renowned for creating modern theatrical illusions. Maskelyne was determined to fight the Nazis using his only weapon: he intended to apply the techniques of popular magic to the battlefield. Initially ignored and ridiculed by the staid military leadership, he eventually cajoled his way into the Camouflage Section and was sent to the western desert, where he created a new type of warfare. With his small group of artists, the Magic Gang, Maskelyne designed and developed ingenious weapons, then tricked the Desert Fox, General Rommel, and his fabled Afrika Korps into believing there were tanks and battleships where there were none, concealed the Suez Canal, and even successfully “moved” Alexandria harbor. But it required all his skills to pull off perhaps the largest and most complex magic trick in history. As General Bernard Montgomery told Maskelyne on the eve of the Battle of El Alamein, “The entire war will turn on what happens here. What I am about to ask you to do is impossible. It can’t be done, but it must be done. I hope you’ve brought your magic wand with you.” This is the fact-based story of the illusion that won the war in the desert.

Author : David Fisher
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1474625347

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The War Magician by David Fisher Pdf

The incredible true story of the greatest illusionist of modern times and the man who altered the course of the second world war. Soon to be a major film starring Benedict Cumberbatch 'A richly entertaining read' SUNDAY TIMES Jasper Maskelyne was a world famous magician and illusionist in the 1930s. When war broke out, he volunteered his services to the British Army and was sent to Egypt when the desert war began. Here, he used his unique skills to save the vital port of Alexandria from German bombers and to 'hide' the Suez Canal from them. He invented all sorts of camouflage methods to make trucks look like tanks and vice versa. On Malta he developed 'the world's first portable holes': fake bomb craters used to fool the Germans into thinking they had hit their targets. His war culminated in the brilliant deception plan that helped win the Battle of El Alamein: the creation of an entire dummy army in the middle of the desert.

Author : David Fisher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 8212008002

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War Magician by David Fisher Pdf

When England entered WWII in 1939, legendary magician Jasper Maskelyne cajoled his way into the Camouflage Section and created a new type of warfare: applying the techniques of popular magic to the battlefield. This is the fact-based story of the illusion that won the war in the desert.

Author : D. Bruce Cotton
Publisher : D. Bruce Cotton
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Magician's War by D. Bruce Cotton Pdf

“War has come. We can stand as men, hoping to win the day, or be ground beneath the boot heels of a tyrant. There is no neutral side in this conflict.” With those words, Adam Gray struggles to rise from the ashes of despair, only to find himself friendless and alone. Shunned as love's betrayer, he can find absolution for his crimes through victory alone. Yet how can one man hope to endure against the hordes of evil incarnate? The harder Adam struggles to unravel the webs of malice and deceit, the more entangled he becomes in the Dark Mage's snares. War has come, indeed. And it leads Adam to one terrible conclusion: Perhaps this is a war he's destined to lose.

Author : Susanna Clarke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1098 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781608195350

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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Pdf

In the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world. In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, most people believe magic to have long since disappeared from England - until the reclusive Mr. Norrell reveals his powers and becomes an overnight celebrity. Another practicing magician then emerges: the young and daring Jonathan Strange. He becomes Norrell's pupil, and the two join forces in the war against France. But Strange is increasingly drawn to the wild, most perilous forms of magic, and he soon risks sacrificing his partnership with Norrell and everything else he holds dear. Susanna Clarke's brilliant first novel is an utterly compelling epic tale of nineteenth-century England and the two magicians who, first as teacher and pupil and then as rivals, emerge to change its history.

Author : David Copperfield,Richard Wiseman,David Britland
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982112912

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David Copperfield's History of Magic by David Copperfield,Richard Wiseman,David Britland Pdf

In this personal journey through a unique performing art, David Copperfield profiles some of the world's most groundbreaking magicians. From the sixteenth-century magistrate who wrote an early book on conjuring, to the roaring twenties and the man who fooled Houdini, to the woman who levitated, vanished, and caught bullets in her bare hands, David Copperfield's History of Magic takes you on a wild journey through the remarkable feats of some of the greatest magicians in history. The result is a sweeping tale that reveals how these astonishing performers were outsiders who used magic to escape class, challenge conventions, transform popular culture, explore the innermost workings of the human mind, and inspire scientific discovery. Their incredible stories are complemented by more than 100 never-before-seen photographs of artifacts from Copperfield's exclusive Museum of Magic, including a sixteenth-century manual on sleight-of-hand; Houdini's straitjackets, handcuffs, and water torture chamber; Dante's famous sawing-in-half apparatus; Alexander's high-tech turban that allowed him to read people's minds; and even some coins that may have magically passed through the hands of Abraham Lincoln. By the end of the book, you'll be sure to share Copperfield's passion for the power of magic. --

Author : Michael W. Young
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520363885

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Magicians of Manumanua by Michael W. Young Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1983.

Author : D. Bruce Cotton
Publisher : D. Bruce Cotton
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781386685661

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Magician's Heir by D. Bruce Cotton Pdf

What if reality is the worst form of madness? Loneliness, a failing magic business, and stacks of unpaid bills make amateur magician Adam Gray’s life one of unending drudgery and desperation. He’s trapped in the tiny town of Elliston, and excitement’s not exactly knocking down his door. Until it does. A cryptic peddler, peculiar merchandise, and insatiable curiosity combine to tear Adam away from the mundane safety of his everyday existence… and into the impossible world of Tantris: a land of giants, mages and the magic Adam’s hoped for his entire life. But is this a world of sanity or madness? A dream or nightmare? Adam must answer these questions, and soon. Because Tantris has a mortal enemy—ruthless, evil and hungry for the souls of the innocent. And the Dark Mage just chose Adam as his next victim.

Author : D. Bruce Cotton
Publisher : D. Bruce Cotton
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781386581901

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Magician's Return by D. Bruce Cotton Pdf

Adam Gray is dead... ...so when he awakens in the quiet dark of his small apartment, the young man’s sanity seems far from certain. For the past six months, he’s battled the undead, befriended giants, fallen in love, and struggled against an ultimate evil. Just a dream? Or has he fallen into complete madness? Maybe he should ask the wizard passed out on his couch. Thus begins Adam’s desperate struggle to return to Tantris; a magical land that’s undergone a terrible transformation. Friends and loved ones are all dead; slain at the command of the Dark Mage. Armies of Unsouled roam the land, slaughtering and devouring the scattered few who dare to fight back. Burdened by a terrible guilt, Adam must undo the death and devastation wrought by the Dark Mage. With the might he wielded before now turned against him, he must search for another way to save those most precious to him. The future of Tantris lies in its past and on Adam’s pursuit of a mythical token of power: the Talisman of Time.

Author : D. Bruce Cotton
Publisher : D. Bruce Cotton
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798201819439

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Magician's Genesis by D. Bruce Cotton Pdf

Death, destruction, and unrelenting war… …is all the people of Tantris have known for generations. But with the end of the Dark Mage war, a new era begins—one of safety, healing and a peace long hoped for. After centuries of struggle, the Dark Mage is dead, killed by Adam Gray in an epic battle beneath the fiery catacombs of Mount Dismay. Or at least the world thought so. When an assassin’s arrow turns matchless joy to grieving despair, it marks but the first of many blows signaling the rebirth of an age-old nemesis. And this time, Adam will find himself overmatched and woefully unprepared. Together with Craigen the giant, Adam embarks on a crucial quest. He must seek a means to answer the unanswerable: How to salvage a love already lost? How to redeem the lives of friends half a world away? And one transcendent question, one whose answer will determine whether thousands live or die: How do you kill a monster who is already dead?

Author : D. Bruce Cotton
Publisher : D. Bruce Cotton
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Magician's Redemption by D. Bruce Cotton Pdf

At long last, the exciting conclusion to the Dark Mage Series! When the Dark Mage merges his power with that of a deadly enemy from the future, the very bones of the earth shake in fear. Who can hope to stand against a monster of such horrendous power and transcendent evil? Adam Gray knows he is utterly outmatched. Any chance at survival means fleeing as fast and as far as possible. Yet what of his friends and loved ones? How can he contemplate running when it will mean agonizing death for everyone he holds dear? In the end, a secret withheld makes all the difference in Adam’s decision to fight or flee. It’s a revelation that makes him question everything about himself, both as a man and a magician. Backed into a corner, to a place where no possible choices remain, Adam must answer one final question: How do you kill something that cannot die?

Author : Raymond E. Feist
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525480051

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Magician: Master by Raymond E. Feist Pdf

He held the fate of two worlds in his hands... Once he was an orphan called Pug, apprenticed to a sorcerer of the enchanted land of Midkemia.. Then he was captured and enslaved by the Tsurani, a strange, warlike race of invaders from another world. There, in the exotic Empire of Kelewan, he earned a new name--Milamber. He learned to tame the unnimagined powers that lay withing him. And he took his place in an ancient struggle against an evil Enemy older than time itself.

Author : Gianfranco de Turris
Publisher : Inner Traditions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1620558068

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Julius Evola by Gianfranco de Turris Pdf

An intimate portrait of Evola and his wartime activities that rebuts many of the Fascist pseudo-myths about him • Traces the Baron’s activities in Italy, Germany, and Austria during World War II • Clarifies Evola’s relations with Nazism and Fascism and reveals how he passionately rejected both ideologies because they were totalitarian • Draws on personal conversations with those who knew Evola, new documentation never before made public, and letters from the Hakl and Scaligero archives Baron Giulio Cesare Andrea Evola, known to the English-speaking world as Julius Evola (1898–1974), was an Italian philosopher, magician, painter, occultist, Orientalist, linguist, and champion mountain climber. Often considered a pillar of Neo-Fascist thought, Evola opposed Fascism and called himself a “radical traditionalist.” In this exploration of Evola’s inner and outer life from World War II into the early 1950s, Gianfranco de Turris, who knew Evola when he was alive and is the executor of his estate, offers a new portrait of Julius Evola and debunks many of the pseudo-myths about his activities during the war. Drawing on personal conversations with those who knew him and new documentation never before made public, including letters from the Hakl and Scaligero archives, the author traces Evola’s activities--including his time on the run and living under assumed names--in Italy, Germany, and Austria from 1943 into the mid-1950s. He shares a thorough account of the Baron’s sojourn at Hitler’s headquarters in Rastenburg, his work for the German secret military services, and his passionate rejection of the racial theories that were the core of Nazi ideology. The author outlines Evola’s critiques of Fascism and Nazism and also explores Evola’s disapproval of the Italian Social Republic because it was destroying traditional values in favor of modernity. Detailing the Baron’s occult and magical work during the war, de Turris shows that the only thing Evola took with him when he escaped Italy was the UR Group papers, material that would later become the three-volume work Introduction to Magic. Sharing details from Evola’s long hospital stays during and after the war, the author proves that the injury that led to Evola’s paralysis was caused by an Allied bombing raid in Vienna and not, as rumor has it, by a sex magic act gone horribly wrong. The author shares photographs from the time period and the Baron’s correspondence with René Guenon on the possibility of restoring the spiritual and magical power of an authentic Freemasonry. Offering conclusive evidence that Evola was not part of the Nazi regime, de Turris sheds light on the inner workings of this legendary occult figure and what Evola believed was the best approach for the magus to take in the modern world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : MINN:319510012205710

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Air University Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jasper Maskelyne
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-10
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780486154268

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Maskelyne's Book of Magic by Jasper Maskelyne Pdf

A charming glimpse of stage magic in the early twentieth century, this engaging manual's time-honored tricks range from sleight of hand with coins, cards, and rope to thought-reading and juggling. Written by a famous magician, its tried-and-true feats and performance tips are illustrated by sixty figures and thirteen vintage photographs. A British stage magician of the 1930s and '40s, Jasper Maskelyne was a third-generation performer in a well-known family of illusionists. During World War II, Maskelyne assembled a squad known as the “Magic Gang” to misdirect Axis bombers and camouflage the activities of the Allied forces with illusions of tanks, battleships, and armies. This new edition of his captivating classic features an introduction by magic historian and author Edwin A. Dawes that recounts Maskelyne's larger-than-life career and exploits.