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Author: Kate Berridge
Publisher: John Murray Press
Imprint: John Murray Publishers Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.276kg
ISBN: 9780719565526
ISBN 10: 0719565529
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 03 May 2007
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
'Berridge's Tussaud-likeness is modelled with commendable lack of sentiment and a secure grasp of zeitgeist and historical background.' -- thefirstpost.co.uk -- thefirstpost.co.uk 20060713 'Spectacular and spellbinding' -- John Carey, Sunday Times 'Excellent ... Kate Berridge goes beyond the bounds of the conventional 'life-and-times' biography... Here, the background of 'the times' is painted with as much skill as the spot-lit figure in the foreground ... shrewd and myth-debunking.' -- John Adamson, Sunday Telegraph 'An immensely stylish book: well researched, witty, perceptive and provocative' -- Daily Telegraph 'Sparkly, entertaining, crammed with intriguing details, this cultural history reveals Madam Tussaud as canny, tough as old boots and with a knack for riding the storm' -- Independent on Sunday 'An immensely comic and rich account' -- Irish Times 'Waxing Mythical is great fun! its heady mix of glitz and fore captures the magic of Madame Tussaud's waxworks and the mysterious businesswoman who created them' -- Sarah Howard , Times Literary Supplement 'Engaging' -- Jeremy Lewis, The Sunday Times
'Spectacular and spellbinding' -- John Carey, Sunday Times 'Excellent ... Kate Berridge goes beyond the bounds of the conventional 'life-and-times' biography... Here, the background of 'the times' is painted with as much skill as the spot-lit figure in the foreground ... shrewd and myth-debunking.' -- John Adamson, Sunday Telegraph 'An immensely stylish book: well researched, witty, perceptive and provocative' -- Daily Telegraph 'Sparkly, entertaining, crammed with intriguing details, this cultural history reveals Madam Tussaud as canny, tough as old boots and with a knack for riding the storm' -- Independent on Sunday 'An immensely comic and rich account' -- Irish Times 'Waxing Mythical is great fun... its heady mix of glitz and fore captures the magic of Madame Tussaud's waxworks and the mysterious businesswoman who created them' -- Sarah Howard , Times Literary Supplement 'Engaging' -- Jeremy Lewis, The Sunday Times
'Spectacular and spellbinding' -- John Carey, Sunday Times 'Excellent ... Kate Berridge goes beyond the bounds of the conventional 'life-and-times' biography... Here, the background of 'the times' is painted with as much skill as the spot-lit figure in the foreground ... shrewd and myth-debunking.' -- John Adamson, Sunday Telegraph 'An immensely stylish book: well researched, witty, perceptive and provocative' -- Daily Telegraph 'Sparkly, entertaining, crammed with intriguing details, this cultural history reveals Madam Tussaud as canny, tough as old boots and with a knack for riding the storm' -- Independent on Sunday 'An immensely comic and rich account' -- Irish Times 'Waxing Mythical is great fun! its heady mix of glitz and fore captures the magic of Madame Tussaud's waxworks and the mysterious businesswoman who created them' -- Sarah Howard , Times Literary Supplement 'Engaging' -- Jeremy Lewis, The Sunday Times
Author Information
Kate Berridge started her writing career with obituaries and progressed to writing a book about death, VIGOR MORTIS - her irreverent, witty and never morbid account of society's attitude to death. \nKate has contributed to a wide range of broadsheets and magazines including Vogue, the Spectator, the Sunday Times and the Sunday Telegraph.
