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Empire of Enchantment - The Story of Indian Magic (Hardcover)
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Empire of Enchantment - The Story of Indian Magic (Hardcover)
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India's association with magicians goes back thousands of years.
Conjurors and illusionists dazzled the courts of Hindu maharajas
and Mughal emperors. As British dominion spread over the
subcontinent, such wonder-workers became synonymous with India.
Western magicians appropriated Indian attire, tricks and stage
names; switching their turbans for top hats, Indian jugglers fought
back and earned their grudging respect. This book tells the
extraordinary story of how Indian magic descended from the realm of
the gods to become part of daily ritual and popular entertainment
across the globe. Recounting tales of levitating Brahmins,
resurrections, prophesying monkeys and 'the most famous trick never
performed', Empire of Enchantment vividly charts Indian magic's
epic journey from street to the stage.
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