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Marie Grosholtz, the future Madame Tussaud, is the niece of Philippe Curtius, the Swiss showman who runs a popular wax-model attraction known as the Salon de Cire. Marie lives among laborers and listens to the political debates of Marat, Camille Desmoulins, and Robespierre in her uncle's parlor. Marie is also part of the world of the nobility due to her job as a wax tutor to the King's sister. The conflict between these two worlds makes this a very compelling story because both factions (Revolut
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MADAME TUSSAUD: A NOVEL OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION BY Michelle Moran
I really enjoyed reading the life of Madame Tussad. Madame Tussauds life as a wax sculpture who brought wax figures of important men and woman in 18 century France to life. She had led a life that was the envy of others meeting with the royal family and befriending the King's sister. The gruesome part of her job was making the death masks of those who were killed of treason under the new French Government. In the aftermath of the ...more
I really enjoyed reading the life of Madame Tussad. Madame Tussauds life as a wax sculpture who brought wax figures of important men and woman in 18 century France to life. She had led a life that was the envy of others meeting with the royal family and befriending the King's sister. The gruesome part of her job was making the death masks of those who were killed of treason under the new French Government. In the aftermath of the ...more
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