Dimensions
127 x 199 x 18mm
It has been called a conjuring feat, but nobody has been able to discover how it is done. It has been called impossible, yet many have claimed to have seen it with their own eyes. But the thing about the Indian rope trick is that it isn't Indian, it doesn't involve a rope, and it isn't a trick.
From the Victorian fascination with the East to the Magic Circle, from Chicago and London to the beaches of India, in this acclaimed book Peter Lamont describes how a simple hoax grew into the world's most famous mystery.
