Le Grand Magicien (Mozart, #1)

Il n’a que sept ans, il a déjà beaucoup voyagé pour donner des concerts à Prague, Vienne, Frankfort… et il a un secret qui le console de tout quand il est trop fatigué, un petit trésor personnel, son Rücken. il s’agit d’un royaume imaginaire – dontMore Il n’a que sept ans, il a déjà beau­coup voyagé pour donner des concerts à Prague, Vienne, Frankfort… et il a un secret qui le console de tout quand il est trop fati­gué, un petit trésor per­son­nel, son Rücken. il s’agit d’un royaume ima­gi­naire – dont il est le monar­que – joli­ment des­siné sur une carte qui ne le quitte jamais… Or ce jour, le 25 août 1763, alors qu’il s’apprête à remon­ter en voi­ture pour repren­dre la route avec son père et sa mère, voilà que la carte a dis­paru. On la cher­che par­tout… quand un homme s’appro­che, un inconnu, qui lui tend le pré­cieux docu­ment. — Tu l’as trou­vée où. — Là-bas, répond l’homme, par terre, près du cheval. L’enfant s’appelle Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, il est déjà ce jeune pro­dige qui emprunte le cla­ve­cin de sa sœur Nannerl pour « cher­cher les notes qui s’aiment ». Et son sau­veur n’est autre que Thamos, comte de Thèbes, venu de Haute-Egypte pour accom­plir une mis­sion. décou­vrir le « Grand Magicien » qui vient de naître en Occident et dont l’œuvre évitera à l’huma­nité de som­brer dans le chaos. Dès lors l’homme et l’enfant ne se quit­te­ront plus. De Vienne à Prague, en pas­sant par Milan et Paris, on marche sur les pas d’un Mozart com­po­sant sans relâ­che, par­fois heu­reux par­fois, souf­frant, tour à tour acclamé ou rejeté, adulé ou trahi. Luttant en per­ma­nence contre l’insuc­cès, la jalou­sie, l’Eglise, le pou­voir, et sur­tout contre le redou­ta­ble poli­cier, Joseph Anton, qui n’a qu’une idée en tête. le détruire. C’est grâce à Thamos, son ini­tia­teur et pro­tec­teur de tou­jours, que Mozart trou­vera pour­tant l’énergie de com­po­ser Cosi fan tutte, Les Noces de Figaro et La Flûte enchan­tée, les grands opéras où il met en lumière l’avenir de l’ini­tia­tion en Occident. Less

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André Afonso rated it liked it

about 2 months ago

Uma histĂłria espectacularmente construĂ­da e assente numa pesquisa exaustiva.
É o livro perfeito para amantes de música e dos assuntos metafísicos, nomeadamente também da profundidade e da "magia" da música em si como linguagem universal de toda a natureza e toda a existên. Read full review

Tracy Terry rated it did not like it

over 4 years ago

Normally a big fan of this author, as far as I'm concerned he was the best when it came down to fiction based in Egypt at the time of the pyramids and Pharaohs.

I say was as I didn't enjoy the last book of his that I read, I found The Judgement Of The Mummy (see my review. Read full review

Marie rated it really liked it

about 2 years ago

As I always do with Christian Jacq's books, I learned a lot from this one. Le Grand Magicien, the first book in a series about Mozart, did not seem to have the flow of other of Jacq's books.

We begin with Mozart as a child, discover many interesting details about his life. Read full review

Laurie Saunders rated it liked it

over 5 years ago

This book is worth reading because it follows Mozart's early years closely and lists all his works as you go through the book so you can even listen to Mozart's maturing and growing as a composer.

The style isn't challenging, but this is a work of vulgarisation, and the ch. Read full review

Patricia P. rated it liked it

over 3 years ago

I would recommend this only if you are a fan of Christian Jacq. Otherwise you may want to put it down and choose one of his earlier works, like Manhunt. The Great Magician is, in a way, Jacq's attempt to break out of ancient Egypt, but it falls short in a lot of ways. It'. Read full review

Sally rated it did not like it

almost 3 years ago

I read this book whenever I was having trouble getting to sleep so as a non medicinal aid for sleep I give it 5 stars but without it's ability to send me to sleep I can only justify 1 star. I am usually a fan of the author and I did like the overall concept of the book it. Read full review

John Beattie rated it liked it

over 2 years ago

Dissapointed with this book. The story, while interesting, lacks the reader engagement which is prevalent and captivating in his other books. I believe Jacq to be one of the best writers of our time but if you are a Jacq fan you will be challenged by the style of this boo. Read full review

Dina Fragola rated it it was ok

about 4 years ago

As much as I enjoyed the "daily life" parts of this book, I really disliked the "esoteric" parts of it. fortunately the chapters are separate so I just skipped the "magician" parts.
I have yet to read the other books in the series. not sure that ever will.

Lady Grey rated it it was ok

over 1 year ago

I gave this up, it was quite boring and too long - this was first of four books.

Mimi added it

over 4 years ago