This extraordinary tale of rivalry and celluloid . . . has fascinated cinastes for years. Kathryn Hughes, Sunday TimesIlluminating and thrilling. The SpectatorAbsorbing, forensic and jawdropping. Total FilmIn 1888, Louis Le Prince shot the worlds first motion picture in Leeds, England.In 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.In 1891, Thomas Edison inventor of the lightbulb and the phonograph announced that he had developed a motionpicture camera.Le Princes family, convinced that Edison had stolen Louiss work, proceeded to sue the most famous inventor in the world. The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures excavates one of the great unsolved mysteries of the Victorian age and offers a revelatory rewriting of the birth of modern pictures.

Binding: Paperback;416 pages; Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd; Classification: APF; Weight: 468 g; Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 29

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