The Magician's Wife
First edition (Canada) | |
| Author | Brian Moore |
|---|---|
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Knopf (Canada) Bloomsbury (UK) Dutton (US) |
Publication date | 1997 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 215 |
| ISBN | 978-0-7475-3718-2 |
| OCLC | 247666817 |
| Preceded by | The Statement (1995) |
| Followed by | The Dear Departed: Selected Short Stories (2020) |
The Magician's Wife, published in 1997, was the last novel by the Northern Irish-Canadian writer Brian Moore. Set in 1856, it tells the story of a famous French magician (based on the real-life Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin) who is despatched by Emperor Napoleon III to help France subdue the Arab population in war-torn Algeria.