L'inventeur

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L'inventeur

By: Miguel Bonnefoy

Narrated by: Bertrand Pazos

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France, milieu du XIXe siècle. Voici l'étonnante histoire d'Augustin Mouchot, fils de serrurier de Semur-en-Auxois, obscur professeur de mathématiques, devenu inventeur de l'énergie solaire grâce à la découverte d'un vieux livre dans sa bibliothèque. La machine qu'il construit et surnomme Octave séduit Napoléon III et recueille l'assentiment des autorités et de la presse. Elle est exhibée avec succès à l'Exposition universelle de Paris en 1878. Mais l'avènement de l'ère du charbon ruine ses projets que l'on juge trop coûteux. Après moult péripéties, dans un ultime élan, Mouchot tente de faire revivre le feu de sa découverte sous le soleil d'Algérie. Trahi par un collaborateur qui lui vole son brevet, il finit dans la misère, précurseur sans le savoir d'une énergie du futur.

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction