Topping the bill is David Copperfield, one of the best-known illusionists of our time.

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From making the Statue of Liberty disappear, walking right through the Great Wall of China to levitating over the Grand Canyon, Copperfield is constantly redefining the realms of possibility.

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State Farm and its continual cast of celebrities, lately including the magician David Copperfield.

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There are also two Boston Whalers, a 23-foot Jet Boat, a Nautilus Rib Catamaran, and a 37-foot-long Midnight Express at the ready for snorkeling, diving excursions, and drop-offs on one of the islands in Copperfield Bay for those longing for a blue lagoon experience.

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Copperfield bought most of the pieces himself and had the good sense not to overdo the illusion.

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Other parts of Wisbech's Georgian architecture have regularly been used as a backdrop for film and period television dramas including the BBC's adaptation of David Copperfield and ITV's production of Micawber.

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Magicians have made elephants, horses, and tigers disappear, and David Copperfield even made a national icon and symbol of freedom, the Statue of Liberty, vanish.

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Richard gets a guided tour of Copperfield's private collection, which contains 80, 000 objects of magic memorabilia, dating back to the 16th century.

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The food is very good, and the staff makes mealtime magic of its own, staging beach barbecues and, if the tide is low at dusk, drinks and dinner on a long, scorpion-tail sandbar way out in Copperfield Bay.

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