The Prestige Summary

A man named Andrew Wesley, living in modern day, meets a girl named Kate Angier. Kate believes that Andrew is a man named Nicholas Bordon. Nicholas was a child when Kate new him and she believes that Nicholas was his original name from before he was adopted. then the book switches to the point of view of Andrew's ancestor from the late 1800s Alfred Bordon. Alfred starts explaining his early life and how he meets another magician named Rupert Angier. while at a seance the two magicians get in a fight and Alfred knocks over Rupert's pregnant wife and the baby dose not quite make it. Alfred gets kicked out and this starts a lifelong feud. they continue through life playing tricks on each other ruining each others acts. at this point the story returns to Kate Angier witch starts to go more in depth in the Nicholas Bordon story. then after that it moves to Angier's story and it shows his point of view making Bordon seem like kind of a jerk. then it continues to explain his interpretation of The Transported Man witch he called The New Transported Man.