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The Magician's Wife, published in 1997, was the last novel by the Northern Irish-Canadian writer Brian Moore. Set in 1856, it tells the story of a famous French magician (based on the real-life Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin) who is despatched by Emperor Napoleon III to help France subdue the Arab population in war-torn Algeria. Reception
- Brian Moore
- 1997
Feb 2, 2012 · Emmeline Lambert is married to an illusionist sent by Napoleon III to persuade the Arabs - poised for holy war and in thrall to charismatic leaders - that France's might and magic are the greater.
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Jul 27, 2015 · Emmeline Lambert is the quietly unhappy wife of an almost hermetic magician; her husband suddenly becomes ambitious again when invited by the emperor and his wife to spend a week among royalty. Henri, the magician, is asked to go to Algeria to perform his magic in an attempt to awe the natives, and Emmeline accompanies him but gradually breaks ...
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Apr 17, 2018 · The Magician’s Wife follows Emmeline and her husband Henri as they are summoned by Napoleon III and subsequently sent to Algeria to help the French conquest of the country.
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The Magician’s Wife follows Emmeline and her husband Henri as they are summoned by Napoleon III and subsequently sent to Algeria to help the French conquest of the country.
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Jan 1, 1998 · The Magician’s Wife follows Emmeline and her husband Henri as they are summoned by Napoleon III and subsequently sent to Algeria to help the French conquest of the country. The story is based loosely on the life of real life French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin who, in 1856, was sent to Algeria to show the leaders of the country how ...
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- Brian Moore
Jan 26, 1998 · Addy, middle child, a composer and engineer before the war breaks out, leaves Europe on one of the last passenger ships, ending up thousands of miles away. Then, too, there are Mila and Felicia, Jakob and Bella, each with their own share of struggles—pain endured, horrors witnessed.
