Project Gutenberg 2013-06-11 Public domain in the USA. 189 Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugène 1805 1871 Robert-Houdin Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugene Mackenzie, R. Shelton (Robert Shelton) 1809 1880 Mackenzie, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, Shelton 16020219 Confidences d'un prestidigitateur. English Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, ambassador, author and conjurer Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, Ambassador, Author, and Conjurer" by Robert-Houdin is an autobiographical account penned in the mid-19th century. The work chronicles the life of Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, a prominent magician who is often referred to as the father of modern magic. The memoir provides insight into his beginnings, passion for mechanical invention, and his rise to fame as he navigates the world of conjuring and magic performance." "The opening of the memoir introduces us to Robert-Houdin’s formative years in Blois, France. He reflects on the influence of his father, a skilled watchmaker, and shares anecdotes from his childhood, including a humorous account of attempting to capture a rat as a mechanical insect for his experiments. The narrative establishes a foundation for his deep interest in mechanics and magic. We see his early inclination toward invention and the support he received that would eventually lead him to pursue a career in conjuring, setting the stage for the subsequent unraveling of his journey into the world of illusions and performance." (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42916/42916-h/images/cover.jpg en Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugène, 1805-1871 Magicians -- France -- Biography GV Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Performing Arts/Film 840302 840314 2024-09-18T05:50:39.320912 2023-09-18T14:08:20.418848 text/html text/html 839370 2021-01-25T11:51:55 text/html; charset=utf-8 387928 2021-01-25T11:51:55 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 408799 2024-09-18T05:50:50.978859 application/epub+zip 423144 2024-09-18T05:50:41.055932 application/epub+zip 396156 2024-09-18T05:50:40.206912 application/epub+zip 792256 2024-09-18T05:50:58.640810 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 728126 2024-09-18T05:50:50.095877 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 584141 2022-09-19T15:14:53.438315 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 762333 2024-09-18T05:50:37.420945 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 768576 2020-06-15T16:29:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 292618 2020-06-15T16:29:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 761968 2013-06-11T13:52:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 291307 2013-06-11T13:52:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20953 2024-09-18T05:50:58.808813 application/rdf+xml 17680 2024-09-18T05:50:40.360903 image/jpeg 2679 2024-09-18T05:50:40.283907 image/jpeg 388958 2024-09-18T05:50:39.404944 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia