Written by Marty Jacobs
Peter Duffie is one of the most talented and generous card magicians I have encountered. Although we have never met face-to-face, I've collaborated with him on a few projects.
Peter used to have a section called "The Marriage Bureau" on his now-defunct website. This section had various ways of performing Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser's Royal Marriages card trick, one of Peter's favourite card plots. I thought it was a shame that these tricks were no longer available online, so I've rescued them from obscurity (with some help from the Internet Archive's Way Back Machine) and given them a new home in this small web-based ebook.
Some tricks are extracted from Peter's extensive back catalogue of published manuscripts and books. A few of them have never been published anywhere else.
I have made a few small corrections, but otherwise, the text is as it appeared on Peter's website.
I hope you enjoy learning, practising and performing these wonderful card tricks.
Yours Magically,
Marty
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