{"product_id":"the-man-who-invented-motion-pictures-9780571348657","title":"The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis extraordinary tale of rivalry and celluloid . . . has fascinated cinéastes for years.' Kathryn Hughes, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIlluminating and thrilling.' \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbsorbing, forensic and jaw-dropping.' \u003ci\u003eTotal Film\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1888, Louis Le Prince shot the world's first motion picture in Leeds, England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1890, weeks before the planned public unveiling of his camera and projector, Le Prince boarded a train in France  and disappeared without a trace. His body was never found.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1891, Thomas Edison  inventor of the lightbulb and the phonograph  announced that he had developed a motion-picture camera.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLe Prince's family, convinced that Edison had stolen Louis's work, proceeded to sue the most famous inventor in the world. \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Invented Motion Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e excavates one of the great unsolved mysteries of the Victorian age and offers a revelatory rewriting of the birth of modern pictures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A fascinating, informative, skillfully articulated narrative of one of the forgotten figures in cinematic history. Consistently entertaining and illuminating.'' - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Starred Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Probing a still-unsolved mystery at the heart of the world's most popular art form, the result both absorbing, forensic and jaw-dropping.'' - \u003ci\u003eTotal Film\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403121664343,"sku":"9780571348657","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780571348657.jpg?v=1730482482","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-man-who-invented-motion-pictures-9780571348657","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}