The Magician's Wife

Name: The Magician's Wife
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SKU: 9781408827017
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By Brian Moore

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France, 1856. Emmeline Lambert is married to an illusionist dispatched by Napoleon III to convince the Arabs—on the brink of holy war and captivated by powerful leaders—that France's power and magic prevail. As Emmeline dazzles the Emperor and confronts the harsh sun of Algeria, she sheds her inhibitions, questioning patriotism and propriety. Set amidst power, politics, religion, and love, this novel blends the court of Napoleon III with the Algerian deserts in a masterful historical tale.
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This historical fiction will appeal to readers who enjoy richly woven stories combining political intrigue, moral questioning, and evocative historical settings, especially fans of literary and historical novels.

By the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Lies of Silence

Brian Moore has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times. Reissued to coincide with the new look for Brian Moore's backlist Six of Brian Moore's novels have been made into films, including The Statement, which starred Michael Caine

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A mesmerising novel from three-time Booker Prize nominee Brian Moore

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‘A spellbinding storyteller' - Independent

‘A tour de force' - New York Times

‘Moore is a magician' - LA Times

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France, 1856.

Emmeline Lambert is married to an illusionist sent by Napoleon III to persuade the Arabs - poised for holy war and in thrall to charismatic leaders - that France's might and magic are the greater. Emmeline begins to feel like an illusionist herself, when she dazzles the Emperor and then sheds her inhibitions along with flimsy notions of patriotism and propriety in the hot glare of the Algerian sun.

Power, politics, religion and love, the court of Napoleon III and the deserts of Algeria combine in this mesmerising novel from a master storyteller.

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‘A spellbinding storyteller’ – Independent
‘A tour de force, Moore has left no seams between reality and fiction. Flashing his own sleight of hand, he transforms historical fact into a story both true to its time and relevant to the present day’ – New York Times
‘Combines the pleasure of a thriller with a novel that considers questions of morality and politics, ambition and conscience, the lure of illusion and the magic of truth’ – People
‘Moore is a magician’ – LA Times

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781408827017

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 February 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 272

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Brian Moore Fiction General Fiction Historical Fiction

About the Author

Brian Moore was born in Belfast. He emigrated to Canada in 1948 and then moved to California. He twice won the Canadian Governor General's Award for Fiction and has been given a special award from the United States Institute of Arts and Letters. He won the Author's Club First Novel Award for The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for The Great Victorian Collection. The Doctor's Wife, The Colour of Blood - winner of the Sunday Express 1988 Book of the Year - and Lies of Silence were all shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Six of his novels have been made into films - The Luck of Ginger Coffey, Catholics, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, Cold Heaven, The Statement and Black Robe. Brian Moore died in 1999.