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 Based on an extraordinary true story & soon to be a major film produced by & 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 & 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 & ridiculed by the staid military leadership, he eventually cajoled his way into the Camouflage Section & 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 & developed ingenious weapons, then tricked the Desert Fox, General Rommel, & his fabled Afrika Korps into believing there were tanks & battleships where there were none, concealed the Suez Canal, & even successfully “moved” Alexandria harbor.

But it required all his skills to pull off perhaps the largest & 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.

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David Fisher is the award-winning author of almost 100 books, including 26 New York Times bestsellers. He has written works of nonfiction, fiction, reference, & humor…