Fechner has assembled a monumental work as paean to his hero.įrom the foldout four-page family tree to the pages of test drawn from Robert-Houdin's personal diary, no reader will come away from these volumes without being steeped in the sensation of new discovery and revelation that abounds within their pages. Having amassed the largest private collection of Robert-Houdin materials, combined with unprecedented research into other sources in their mutual homeland, M. That he has had lasting influence on the art of conjuring is unquestionable but how and why remains a mystery to many if nor most contemporary magicians.įrench film producer, collector, and amateur magician Christian Fechner now tries to answer that question in less than a thousand pages. No one who considers him or herself a conjuror can fail to be able to quote Robert-Houdin's famous and oft debated remark that "the magician is an actor playing the part of a magician" (even if the few words which follow-that he is "not a juggler"-seem largely forgotten). Watchmaker, mechanical wizard, inventor, author, scientist, family man, entrepreneur-and, of course, magician. Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin was a singular human being.
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