Lost Empires by J. B. Priestley. Short summary

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Along with the variety show performers is the nephew of the show’s main star, the magician Ollanton. He takes part in the actors’ showdown, meets love and gets involved in a murder investigation.

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Variety performers traveled the world. Among them were comedians, singers, and acrobats. The main star of the show was the Indian magician Ganga Dan or magician Nick Allanton.

The secrets of his numbers for the audience remained unraveled. Nick’s nephew, Richard Herncastle was often backstage. The work is a memoir of an aging Richard.

Although the hero dreamed of becoming an artist as a young man, he also loved working in the theater. Through this work, Richard could sketch all kinds of English landscapes. The young man begins to perform on stage, participates in the showdown of artists, meets love and even gets involved in the investigation of a crime.