Essential works do not come along all that often, and that's why the arrival of Derek Tait's The Great Houdini: His British Tours is cause for celebration, because this is a new essential Houdini work of the highest commitment and caliber.ĭerek Tait takes a specialized approach, focusing only on Houdini's performances in the UK. But only a small number of these would I consider essential. To date there have been approximately 152 non-fiction works on the life and career of Harry Houdini (double that if we include fictional works). packed with new, fascinating facts” delivers a thrilling look into the life and career of history’s greatest escapologist (Wild About Harry).
Extensively researched, The Great Houdini: His British Tours follows Houdini’s decades-long UK tour through rare archival material, vintage newspaper clippings, photos, and original playbills and ballyhoo advertisements-many of which have not been seen since they were originally published. He was always triumphant, and his awesome, crowd-drawing feats made him the highest paid entertainer in the world at the time. On each stop, he challenged locals to design “inescapable” contraptions. He befriended Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, immersed himself in spiritualism and most notably, escaped from jails, survived death-defying leaps into rivers while bound in chains, and executed amazing tricks and illusions. Between 19, a century before endurance artist and street magician David Blaine, Hungarian-born Harry Houdini traveled Great Britain, performing in its major villages and cities. This fascinating biography “brings to life the excitement and thrills” of the master escape artist’s legendary turn-of-century tour in Great Britain ( Lancashire Post ).
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