The Davenport Story - Volume 3

The Life and Times of a Magical Family, 1939 - 2010.

Volume 3 in the series begins where it could have ended with World War II.  Conscription, bombings, and crippling shortages all conspired to end the family’s dreams of continuing with the business they loved.  Dame Fortune chose one man to pull the company through those testing years.  Marvel at how the founder’s grand daughter ensured the company’s survival on the aftermath of family tragedy.  Thereafter you join in the fun and thrill of the family’s adventures and the development of the fourth generation as they prepare for the future.  You will meet the leading players on the magic scene and enjoy accounts such as John Calvert’s acclaimed debut in London in 1952 and how Kio’s show baffled leading magicians.  Other secrets such as Sorcar’s Cut & Restored Tongue are carefully recorded.  The reader is made privy to the family’s struggle to preserve their fabled hoard of props, archives and artefacts and in the final pages a glorious solution is dramatically revealed.

Hard bound, with colour dust cover and has 536 pages with over 600 illustrations including 16 pages of colour plates.  

The Davenport Story Volume 3 is only available as part of the complete four-volume set.