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Madame Tussaud's Memoirs and Reminiscences of France : Forming an Abridged History of the French Revolution
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ISBN: 1107360358 1108067069 Year: 1838 Publisher: Place of publication not identified : Cambridge : publisher not identified, Cambridge University Press

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As a younger woman, Anna Maria 'Marie' Tussaud (1761-1850) rubbed shoulders with many of the key figures of the French Revolution, sculpting in wax the likes of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Marat and Robespierre. After moving to Britain, she made her living by exhibiting her sculptures in numerous towns and cities. In 1835 she settled in London and opened her museum, which became one of the city's most popular attractions. Initially reluctant about releasing her memoirs, Madame Tussaud was convinced by her editor Francis Hervé (1781-1850) that her unique position - of seeing first-hand the events and characters that drove the Revolution, while maintaining a generally non-partisan view of them - would make the book of real interest to the public. First published in 1838, it offers evocative eyewitness insights into one of the defining periods in modern European history.

Madame Tussaud and the history of waxworks.
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ISBN: 1852852836 1852855118 9781852855116 Year: 2003 Publisher: London Hambledon Continuum

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Chapter 1: The Origins of Wax Modelling Chapter 2: The Wax Salon Chapter 3: Revolutionary Paris Chapter 4: The Travelling Wax Exhibition Chapter 5: The Baker Street Bazaar Chapter 6: Wax Rivals Chapter 7: From the Great Exhibition to the First World War Chapter 8: Waxworks in the Age of Film Chapter 9: The Appeal of Waxworks

Ephemeral bodies : wax sculpture and the human figure
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ISBN: 9780892368778 0892368772 Year: 2008 Publisher: Los Angeles Getty Research Institute

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