Project Gutenberg 2013-06-11 Public domain in the USA. 593 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 Reading ease score: 66.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugène, 1805-1871 Magicians -- France -- Biography GV Text Category: Biographies Category: French Literature 840466 2025-08-17T10:13:33.747698 text/html 819136 2024-10-23T16:19:56 text/html 409004 2025-08-17T10:13:44.184717 application/epub+zip 423081 2025-08-17T10:13:35.268709 application/epub+zip 396108 2025-08-17T10:13:34.454732 application/epub+zip 792520 2025-08-17T10:13:51.046642 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 728136 2025-08-17T10:13:43.347675 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 584141 2022-09-19T15:14:53.438315 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 768709 2025-08-17T10:13:32.049713 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 768576 2020-06-15T16:29:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17342 2025-08-17T10:13:51.215591 application/rdf+xml 17680 2025-08-17T10:13:34.589685 image/jpeg 2679 2025-08-17T10:13:34.523678 image/jpeg 388941 2025-08-17T10:13:33.826716 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia