robert houdin secrets of conjuring and magic

At 18, he graduated and returned to Blois.

At the age of eleven, Prosper sent his son Jean-Eugène to school thirty-five miles up the Loire to the University of Orléans. Jean-Eugene's mother, the former Marie-Catherine Guillon, died when he was just a young child. His father, Prosper Robert, was a watchmaker in Blois. Robert-Houdin was born Jean-Eugène Robert in Blois, France, on 7 December 1805-a day after his autobiography said he was. He transformed magic from a pastime for the lower classes, seen at fairs, to an entertainment for the wealthy, which he offered in a theatre opened in Paris, a legacy preserved by the tradition of modern magicians performing in tails. Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (7 December 1805 – 13 June 1871) was a French watchmaker, magician and illusionist, widely recognized as the father of the modern style of conjuring. Josèphe Cecile Houdin (1830–1843 her death) François Marguerite Olympe Braconnier (1844–1871 his death)

Magician, illusionist, inventor, author, and clockmaker

Robert houdin secrets of conjuring and magic