![]() ![]() Along the way he encounters many historical figures, including fellow magicians Harry Houdini and Howard Thurston, United States President Warren G. The main character, Carter, is followed through his career, from his first encounter with magic to his last performance. This novel is a fictionalised biography of Charles Joseph Carter. ![]() The show is a great success, but two hours later the president is dead, and Carter finds himself the centre of some very unwelcome attention indeed. In front of an amazed audience, Carter proceeds to chop the president into pieces, cut off his head, and feed him to a lion, before restoring him to health. Harding on to stage to take part in his act. At the climax of his latest touring stage show, Carter invites United States President Warren G. The 1920s was a golden age for stage magic and Charles Carter is an American stage magician at the height of his fame and powers. ![]() The title of the novel comes from Carter's evening length stage show, the third act of which is called "Carter Beats The Devil" and features Carter in a magician's duel with an assistant made up as the Devil. Historical mystery thriller novel by Glen David GoldĬarter Beats The Devil is a historical mystery thriller novel by Glen David Gold centred on the American stage magician Charles Joseph Carter (1874–1936). ![]()
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