Little
Carey, Edward
1970-
creator
author,
illustrator
text
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction
Biographical fiction
nyu
2018
2018
monographic
eng
436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud" --
In 1761 a tiny, odd-looking girl named Marie is born in a village in Switzerland. After the death of her parents, she is apprenticed to an eccentric wax sculptor and whisked off to the seamy streets of Paris, where they meet a domineering widow and her quiet, pale son. Together, they convert an abandoned monkey house into an exhibition hall for wax heads, and the spectacle becomes a sensation. As word of her artistic talent spreads, Marie is called to Versailles, where she tutors a princess and saves Marie Antoinette in childbirth. But outside the palace walls, Paris is roiling. The revolutionary mob is demanding heads-- and at the wax museum, heads are what they do. -- adapted from jacket
Edward Carey
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Tussaud, Marie
1761-1850
Fiction
Tussaud, Marie
1761-1850
Fiction
Orphans
Fiction
Wax modellers
Fiction
Orphans
Fiction
Wax modellers
Fiction
France
History
Revolution, 1789-1799
Fiction
France
History
Revolution, 1789-1799
Fiction
France
History
Revolution, 1789-1799
Fiction
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