The Magic of Robert-Houdin – An Artist’s Life

The Magic of Robert-Houdin – An Artist’s Life	The Magic of Robert-Houdin – An Artist’s Life
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Land 	USA
Herausgeber 	The Miracle Factory, Inc.
Erscheinungsjahr 	2002
Aufmachung 	gebunden
Sprache(n) 	Englisch
Seitenzahl 	863 (beide Bände
Format 	21 x 29,7 cm
Themen 	Historie
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Autor 	Autor
Christian Fechner 	Christian Fechner
The Magic of Robert-Houdin – An Artist’s Life ist der Titel eines zweibändigen Werkes, das von Christian Fechner geschrieben worden ist. Beide Bände kommen zusammen in einem Schuber. 
== Inhalt ==
Beide Bände beschäftigen sich mit dem Leben und Wirken des französischen Zauberkünstlers, Erfinders und Autors Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin.
== Die Kapitel ==
Inhalt
* INTRODUCTION Jacques Voignier
* ACT I
* 1700-1805: From Louis Robert to Jean Eugène Robert
* 1805-1823: A Confiscated Childhood and Adolescence
* 1823-1825: From Dr. Carlosbach to Maître Pardessus
* 1825-1828: From Maître Roger to Jean-Martin Robert
* 1826-1828: The Apprenticeship of the Artisan Watchmaker and the Aspiring Magician
* The Mysterious M. David of Bordeaux
* 1828: The Count de Grisy, French Conjurer, known as Torrini
* 1828-1829: Return to Blois, Mademoiselle Houdin
* Notes to Act I
 
* ACT II
* 1830: Paris, Here I Come* 
* 1830: Father Roujol
* 1809-1833: M. Comte, The King’s Conjurer
* 1800-1832: Olivier, Conjuring Professor of Paris
* 1830: A Marriage of Love During the July Revolution
* 1831: The First Son
* 1831: 1832 – The Componium
* 1832-1835: A Long Depression
* 1833: Giovani Bartolomeo Bosco
* 1835-1836: The Fall of the House of Houdin
* 1837-1844: The Mechanician and the Watchmaker
* 1837-1844: The Salon Conjurer
* 1842: The Little Parisian Curiosity Shows
* 1843: Philippe Talon, known as Philippe
* 1840-1846: Vaucanson’s Duck, Von Kempelen’s Chess Player, and Robert-Houdin’s Writing and Drawing Automaton
* 1843-1844: A Cascade of Mourning and A New Marriage
* 1844: The Exposition and Phineas Taylor Barnum
* Notes to Act II
* ACT III
* 1844-1845: The Big Leap
* 1845: The Secret Machinery of the Theater
* 1845: Robert-Houdin’s Soirées Fantastiques
* 1845-1846: Second Sight and The Inexhaustible Bottle
* 1846: First Foreign Tour and the Conjurer Louis Courtois
* 1845-1852: Promotion and Advertising
* 1847: The Fortune-Teller Alexis Didier
* 1847-1848: The Ethereal Suspension
* 1848: Moreau-Sainti – André Voisin
* 1848-1849: Revolution in France and Triumphs in England
* 1849-1851: Return to Paris; Pierre Etienne August Chocat, known as Hamilton
* 1850: The English Connection or the Legrand Trial
* 1851: Letter on Education; Shows and Children
* 1851: Roberti de Brescia, De Linsky, Deveaux, Berneuil, and The Electric Light
* 1852: Farewell, My Dear Parisians
* 1852-1853: The Final Flames
* Notes to Act III
 
* ACT IV
* 1852-1854: Hamilton: From Palais-Royal to Boulevard des Italiens
* 1854: The Photographer André Adolphe Disdéri
* 1854-1855: Emile and Eugène Robert-Houdin – The Exposition of 1855
* 1856: The Electric Clock of Blois — Robert-Houdin Becomes a Patronym
* 1856: Robert-Houdin’s Algerian Saga
* 1856: Goodbye to the Stage in Marseilles
* 1857-1858: The Writing of Confidences d’un Prestidigitateur
* 1858-1859: Raphaël Macaluso, Alfred de Caston, Klosloge, and De Lille
* 1854-1871: The Myth of “Rest at The Priory”
* 1859-1871: Les Tablettes journalières of Robert-Houdin
* 1859-1861: Small and Large Magic Activities in Saint-Gervais
* 1859-1861: The “Geraud affair” and The “Lassaigne affair”
* 1860: Mlle. Benita Anguinet
* 1859-1860: Robert-Houdin and Amateurs Magicians
* 1860: Alexander Heimbürger
* 1861: Card-Sharping Exposed and Les Figures du temps
* 1862: Hamilton and Pierre Edouard Brunnet
* 1862-1863: The Shop and Wedding of Emile Robert-Houdin
* 1862: An Unexpected Comeback
* 1863-1864: François Eugène Lahire, known as Cleverman
* 1864: Return to The Priory and Robin’s Mythomania
* 1865: The Davenport Brothers and The Stacey Brothers
* Notes to Act IV
* ACT V
* 1864-1866: The Common Clock, The Electric Light Bulb with a Vegetal Filament, The Musical Telegraph, and Ophthalmology
* 1864-1866: The Harpsichord or Tympanum Player
* 1866: A Peaceful Year – The Sphinx and The Talking Head
* 1866: Hamilton, Cleverman, and Plantet – Tufferau, Littson, Varner, Lynn, and Alfred Stodare
* 1867-1868: The Chess Player or La Czarine, and Les Secrets de la Prestidigitation
* 1869: The Grand Affair, The Odometer, and Dr. Epstein
* 1870: The Year of All Sorrows
* 1870-1871: The Occupation of Saint-Gervais and Blois during the War of 1870 Described Daily by Robert-Houdin
* 1871: The Master’s Last Days
* 1871: Last Farewell Performance
* Epilogue
* Notes to Act V
 
* Appendix I: The Priory by Robert-Houdin followed by notes taken from a lecture by Eglantine Lemaître Robert-Houdin and complementary notes by the author
* Appendix II: Texts and biographies written by Robert-Houdin and published in Le Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle by Pierre Larousse
* Genealogical Chart 
Kategorie:Zauberbuch (Sprache:Englisch)
Kategorie:Thema Historie
Kategorie:Erscheinungsjahr 2002
Kategorie:Thema Christian Fechner
Kategorie:Verlag Miracle Factory