<font size="+1"> Inspired by real-life illusionists and early film pioneers, this astonishing, captivating story of women and talent, magic and power, sweeps you into a world where anything is possible and nothing is quite as it seems . . .</font>''Sparkling with magic'' JENNIFER SAINT''A book to disappear into'' JOANNE BURN''Filled with wonders'' ESSIE FOX''Spellbinding'' LOUISE HAREBristol, 1896. Used to scraping a living as the young assistant to an ageing con artist, Cecily Marsden''s life is turned upside down when her master suddenly dies. Believing herself to blame, could young Cec somehow have powers she little understands?Meanwhile Eadie Carleton, a pioneering early film-maker, struggles for her talent to be taken seriously in a male-dominated world, and a brilliant young magician, George Perris, begins to see the potential in moving pictures. George believes that if he can harness this new technology, it will revolutionise the world of magic forever - but in order
