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100% original used books in good condition at half the price, with minor signs of usage.
No pen/pencil marks and the condition is good.
About the Book:
Published as Empire of Enchantment: The Story of Indian Magic by Hurst (UK), Oxford University Press (USA) and Scribe (Australia).
India?s association with magic goes back thousands of years ? from the seals of Mohenjodaro that depicted sorcerers and yogis, to the jugglers, mountebanks and acrobats that dazzled audiences at the courts of Hindu maharajas and Mughal emperors. Tales were told of ropes being thrown up in the air, strong enough for a boy to climb and disappear; of fakirs being buried alive for months and brought back to life; and of sanperas charming deadly cobras with their flutes. In the early nineteenth century, touring Indian magicians mesmerized audiences abroad, prompting generations of Western illusionists to emulate their Eastern peers.
Jadoowallahs, Jugglers and Jinns: A Magical History of India tells us how Indian magic descended from the domain of the gods to become part of daily ritual and popular entertainment and its transformation from the street to the stage culminating with the rise of the great P. C. Sorcar Sr
Author ? : ? John Zubrzycki
Publisher ? : ? Pan Macmillan India (18 May 2018)
Language ? : ? English
Hardcover ? : ? 368 pages
ISBN-10 ? : ? 9386215357
ISBN-13 ? : ? 9789386215352
