The Magician’s Wife

by Brian Moore (Author)

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  Paperback
  1998

  $3.21

  Emmeline Lambert is married to an illusionist sent by Napoleon III to persuade the Arabs, poised for holy war, 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 her patriotism.

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  Hardcover
  1997

  $3.21

  Set in the late 1850s in France and Algeria, this is the story of Emmeline Lambert, 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.