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Sandford's accomplished, well-crafted work brings Conan Doyle into sharp relief as a man of scrupulous fariness and great integrity. --Library Journal (starred) Impressively researched. --Booklist Praise for Christopher Sandford: Veteran celebrity biographer Sandford brings together two fierce yet mutually respectful antagonists on the subject of spiritualism...A fascinating account of an unlikely relationship. --Kirkus Reviews, on Masters of Mystery Rivetingly chronicles the eternal persistence of humbug, chicanery and that inextinguishable human trait we call 'hope.' --Arthur Magida, author of The Nazi S ance on Masters of Mystery A must read... a fascinating insight into Houdini's daily life and his unique relationship with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... provided a great amount of new relevant historical facts and details that have been heretofore hidden from Houdini followers... Sandford's reverse engineering of Houdini's thought process makes the reader feel they are in the company of the Houdini and his contemporaries... I couldn't put the book down. --Geno Munari, President, Houdini Picture Corporation, Houdini, Houdini Magic on Masters of Mystery Absorbing and prodigiously researched... Houdini's and Conan Doyle's life stories, together and separately, have been told before, but Masters of Mystery is a worthy addition to the long shelf of existing work about these remarkable men. --Seattle Times In this fine biography, Sandford gives [Polanski's] films the praise they deserve, and he is fair as well to Polanski the man. --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World

Veteran celebrity biographer Sandford brings together two fierce yet mutually respectful antagonists on the subject of spiritualism...A fascinating account of an unlikely relationship. --Kirkus Reviews, on Masters of Mystery Rivetingly chronicles the eternal persistence of humbug, chicanery and that inextinguishable human trait we call 'hope.' --Arthur Magida, author of The Nazi S ance on Masters of Mystery A must read... a fascinating insight into Houdini's daily life and his unique relationship with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... provided a great amount of new relevant historical facts and details that have been heretofore hidden from Houdini followers... Sandford's reverse engineering of Houdini's thought process makes the reader feel they are in the company of the Houdini and his contemporaries... I couldn't put the book down. --Geno Munari, President, Houdini Picture Corporation, Houdini, Houdini Magic on Masters of Mystery Absorbing and prodigiously researched... Houdini's and Conan Doyle's life stories, together and separately, have been told before, but Masters of Mystery is a worthy addition to the long shelf of existing work about these remarkable men. --Seattle Times In this fine biography, Sandford gives [Polanski's] films the praise they deserve, and he is fair as well to Polanski the man. --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World

Named a Bustle Best Nonfiction Book of December ! Sandford's accomplished, well-crafted work brings Conan Doyle into sharp relief as a man of scrupulous fairness and great integrity. --Library Journal (starred) Impressively researched. --Booklist Praise for Christopher Sandford: Veteran celebrity biographer Sandford brings together two fierce yet mutually respectful antagonists on the subject of spiritualism...A fascinating account of an unlikely relationship. --Kirkus Reviews, on Masters of Mystery Rivetingly chronicles the eternal persistence of humbug, chicanery and that inextinguishable human trait we call 'hope.' --Arthur Magida, author of The Nazi S ance on Masters of Mystery A must read... a fascinating insight into Houdini's daily life and his unique relationship with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... provided a great amount of new relevant historical facts and details that have been heretofore hidden from Houdini followers... Sandford's reverse engineering of Houdini's thought process makes the reader feel they are in the company of the Houdini and his contemporaries... I couldn't put the book down. --Geno Munari, President, Houdini Picture Corporation, Houdini, Houdini Magic on Masters of Mystery Absorbing and prodigiously researched... Houdini's and Conan Doyle's life stories, together and separately, have been told before, but Masters of Mystery is a worthy addition to the long shelf of existing work about these remarkable men. --Seattle Times In this fine biography, Sandford gives [Polanski's] films the praise they deserve, and he is fair as well to Polanski the man. --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World

Veteran celebrity biographer Sandford brings together two fierce yet mutually respectful antagonists on the subject of spiritualism...A fascinating account of an unlikely relationship. --Kirkus Reviews, on Masters of Mystery Rivetingly chronicles the eternal persistence of humbug, chicanery and that inextinguishable human trait we call 'hope.' --Arthur Magida, author of The Nazi S ance on Masters of Mystery A must read... a fascinating insight into Houdini's daily life and his unique relationship with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... provided a great amount of new relevant historical facts and details that have been heretofore hidden from Houdini followers... Sandford's reverse engineering of Houdini's thought process makes the reader feel they are in the company of the Houdini and his contemporaries... I couldn't put the book down. --Geno Munari, President, Houdini Picture Corporation, Houdini, Houdini Magic on Masters of Mystery Absorbing and prodigiously researched... Houdini's and Conan Doyle's life stories, together and separately, have been told before, but Masters of Mystery is a worthy addition to the long shelf of existing work about these remarkable men. --Seattle Times In this fine biography, Sandford gives [Polanski's] films the praise they deserve, and he is fair as well to Polanski the man. --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World

Veteran celebrity biographer Sandford brings together two fierce yet mutually respectful antagonists on the subject of spiritualism...A fascinating account of an unlikely relationship. --Kirkus Reviews, on Masters of Mystery Rivetingly chronicles the eternal persistence of humbug, chicanery and that inextinguishable human trait we call 'hope.' --Arthur Magida, author of The Nazi S�ance on Masters of Mystery A must read... a fascinating insight into Houdini's daily life and his unique relationship with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... provided a great amount of new relevant historical facts and details that have been heretofore hidden from Houdini followers... Sandford's reverse engineering of Houdini's thought process makes the reader feel they are in the company of the Houdini and his contemporaries... I couldn't put the book down. --Geno Munari, President, Houdini Picture Corporation, Houdini, Houdini Magic on Masters of Mystery Absorbing and prodigiously researched... Houdini's and Conan Doyle's life stories, together and separately, have been told before, but Masters of Mystery is a worthy addition to the long shelf of existing work about these remarkable men. --Seattle Times In this fine biography, Sandford gives [Polanski's] films the praise they deserve, and he is fair as well to Polanski the man. --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World

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CHRISTOPHER SANDFORD has published acclaimed biographies of Kurt Cobain, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Imran Khan, Harold Macmillan, John F. Kennedy, Steve McQueen, and Roman Polanski. He is also the author of Masters of Mystery: The Strange Friendship of Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini. Rolling Stone has called him the pre-eminent author in his field today. Sandford divides his time between Seattle and London.

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