The Glorious Deception: The Double Life of William Robinson, aka Chung Ling Soo, the Marvelous Chinese Conjurer

Killed in 1918 while performing his renowned illusion known as Defying the Bullets, Chung Ling Soo’s myriad deceptions began unraveling. He was really William Ellsworth Robinson, a former magicians’ assistant. But for nearly a century, a swirl of more sinister secrets surrounded this man.

For the first time, Jim Steinmeyer has uncovered the truth behind William Robinson and the magic world’s most glorious deception.