Dimensions
133 x 206 x 29mm
It is the greatest legend of the Orient. A rope is thrown into the air and rises into the sky until it is completely vertical. A boy then climbs up the rope, higher and higher. There, in broad daylight and surrounded by spectators, the boy disappears.
The Indian rope trick has been called an illusion, but nobody has discovered how it is done. It has been called impossible, yet many have claimed to have seen it with their own eyes. Everyone has agreed, however, that it is an ancient trick, perhaps as old as India itself.
But everyone has been wrong.
In this book, Peter Lamont reveals the truth behind this remarkable legend. The Indian rope trick isn't Indian, it doesn't involve a rope, and it isn't a trick. From eminent Victorians to the Magic Circle, from London and Chicago to the beaches of India, Peter Lamont describes how a hoax grew into the world's famous mystery, assisted on its way by those in search of fame and fortune, and by others whose aim was to destroy it in defence of the Empire.
