Paul Fischer

Broschiertes Buch

The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures

A True Life Murder Mystery from the Birth of the Movies

Beschreibung

His body was never found. In 1891, Thomas Edison - inventor of the lightbulb and the phonograph - announced that he had developed a motion-picture camera. Le Prince's family, convinced that Edison had stolen Louis's work, proceeded to sue the most famous inventor in the world.

Autor

Paul Fischer was born in Saudi Arabia. He is the author of A Kim Jong-Il Production, the true story of the kidnapping of two South Korean filmmakers in North Korea, which was translated into fourteen languages, nominated for the Crime Writers' Association Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award, and chosen as one of the best books of 2015 by NPR and Library Journal. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Narwhal, the Independent, the Guardian, SyfyWire and Bright Wall / Dark Room among others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Main
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 125mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 348g
• ISBN-13: 9780571348657
• ISBN-10: 0571348653
• Artikelnr.: 66395471