Madame Tussaud: Her Life and Legacy

Author:   Geri Walton
Publisher:   Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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9781526734082


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   13 May 2019
Format:   Hardback
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"Madame Marie Tussaud is known worldwide for the chain of wax museums she started over 200 hundred years ago. Less known is that her original wax models were often of the famous and infamous people she personally knew during and after the French Revolution. These were people like Voltaire, Robespierre, and Napoleon people who changed the world. Even more, the wax figures were depicted in scenes drawn from the horrors she experienced during the reign of terror in Paris during her early adult years. This book shows how the traumatic and cataclysmic experiences of Madame Tussaud's early life became part of her legacy. She created a succession of scenes in wax, telling events as she personally experienced them. Her wax sculptures were visceral. She made them herself, at times from the living person's head and at other times from the recently guillotined head of a former house guest. As a result, people were drawn to her wax displays in those days because they were the most intense way of experiencing those events themselves. Madame Tussaud's story is told through a series of unique and informative stories drawn from an in-depth study of both Madame Tussaud's life and the dramatic times in which she lived. This narrative style makes learning about history rewarding for both avid history readers and people with a casual interest in this unique story. AUTHOR: Geri Walton has long been fascinated by people from history and curious about what they did and why. This interest encouraged her to receive a BA in history from San Jose State University, where she graduated summa cum laude. She is particularly interested in European history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which has resulted in her website and blog at www.geriwalton.com. Geri is also author of ""Marie Antoinette's Confidante: The Rise and Fall of the Princesse de Lamballe."" 32 b/w images"

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Author:   Geri Walton
Publisher:   Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Imprint:   Pen & Sword History
ISBN:  

9781526734082


ISBN 10:   1526734087
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   13 May 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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A meticulously researched and deftly written biography of a remarkable woman and the times she lived in, Madame Tussaud: Her Life and Legacy is certain to be an immediate and enduringly popular addition to both community and academic library biography collections.--Midwest Book Review


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Geri Walton has long been fascinated by people from history and curious about what they did and why. This interest encouraged her to receive a BA in history from San Jose State University, where she graduated summa cum laude. She is particularly interested in European history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which has resulted in her website and blog at www.geriwalton.com. You can find her on Instagram or Twitter at @18thCand19thC. Geri is also author of _Marie Antoinette's Confidante: The Rise and Fall of the Princesse de Lamballe. _

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