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Magic at War
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Websites
Maskelyne, Cooke and Devant
www.ex.ac.uk/bill.douglas/Houdini/Houdini3/houdini3.htm
A brief account of John Nevil Maskelyne's magical career, with a collection
of theatrical memorabilia. Hosted by the Bill Douglas Centre for the History
of Cinema and Popular Culture.
Maskelyne's Rules of Magic
www.magikraft.com/curiosities/etcetera.html#masklyne
From Maskelyne and Devant's Our Magic, Nevil Maskelyne's '24 Rules of
Magic' – a fascinating set of guidelines for successful deception.
Adventures in Cybersound: The Maskelynes
www.acmi.net.au/AIC/MASKELYNE_BIO.html
A collection of resources about the Maskelyne dynasty, highlighting their
skills.
The Battle of El Alamein
www.topedge.com/panels/ww2/na/alamein.html
A thorough single-page account of the decisive battle of the Second World
War in north Africa.
Books
Magic: Top secret by Jasper Maskelyne (Stanley Paul, 1949). Out
of print.
Jasper Maskelyne's highly-coloured account of his war service.
The War Magician: How Jasper Maskelyne and his Magic Gang altered
the course of World War II by David Fisher (Coward-McCann, 1983).
Out of print.
Novelistic retelling of Jasper Maskelyne's war work.
Our Magic: The art of magic, the theory of magic, the practice of
magic by Nevil Maskelyne and David Devant (Routledge, 1911). Out of
print but may be purchased as an e-book (HTML or Palm) from www.lybrary.com
Nevil Maskelyne and David Devant's celebrated and enduringly influential
magical textbook.
Victory and Deceit: Deception and trickery at war by James Dunnigan
and Albert Nofi (HarperCollins, 1994) £23.99
An authoritative historical survey of the use of deception in warfare.
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