Memoirs of Robert-Houdin

The autobiography of the father of modern magic: clockmaker, conjuror and the man who took magic from the fairground to the theatre.

Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, 1859 (1860 edition) · Chapman and Hall. Complete 382-page PDF. Free to download: check out at $0 and the file arrives by email and on your order page.

This classic is in the public domain. Scans come from library copies, so expect the odd stain or stamp of an old book.

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