Madame Tussaud, Michelle Moran
Madame Tussaud, Michelle Moran
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Madame Tussaud

Author: Michelle Moran

Narrator: Rosalyn Landor

Unabridged: 15 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Quercus

Published: 08/22/2011


Synopsis

When Marie moves from her family's waxwork museum into the palace of Versailles, her whole life is set to change...
When Marie Tussaud learns the exciting news the royal family will be visiting her famed wax museum, the Salon de Cire, she never dreams that the king's sister will request her presence at Versailles: as a royal tutor in wax sculpting. As Marie familiarizes herself with Princess Elisabeth and begins to know Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, she witnesses the glamorous life of court, a very different world from her home on the Boulevard du Temple of Paris where bread can only be had on the black market and men sell their teeth to put food on the their tables.
The year is 1788 and men like Desmoulins, Marat, and Robespierre are meeting in the salons of Paris speaking against the monarchy; there's whispered talk of revolution.
Spanning five years from budding revolution to the Reign of Terror, Madame Tussaud brings us into the world of an incredible heroine whose talent for wax moulding saved her life and preserved the faces of a vanished kingdom. (P)2011 WF Howes Ltd

About Michelle Moran

Michelle Moran was born in California. While getting her Masters at Claremont Graduate University, Michelle published her first historical fiction novel, Jezebel. She has traveled around the world - including to Israel, where she participated in an archaeological dig that inspired her to begin writing historical fiction. She lives in Southern California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cryselle on January 27, 2011

This is an engrossing tale about a woman who has become a byword for tourist-attraction, but was so much more in her own lifetime. This novel sheds a clear light on an amazing person and a turbulent time. Told in first person and present tense, the book reads like a friend is telling you, moment by m......more

Goodreads review by Marsha on January 27, 2011

There was a time when I was obsessive about reading historical fiction - but at some point I found I was having a hard time finding quality works into which I might immerse myself. I am so glad that I won Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran. It has brought me back to a genre that I have missed by provi......more

Goodreads review by April on June 03, 2019

This was the first book I ever read by Michelle Moran, after it caught my eye in the library, I have since read everything by her, and refer to her as one of my all time favorite authors. Love her work, and fully suggest you buy every copy of every book, like I did!......more

Goodreads review by Kristy on March 23, 2011

I heart Michelle Moran! I need a T-shirt. I think she is one of those authors you either can't get enough of or you are completely bored with. I am the first! I want to gobble up everything she writes. I loved "The Heretic Queen", "Nefertiti' and "Cleopatra's Daughter". ~But~ I wasn't overly thrilled......more

Goodreads review by Annette on April 21, 2021

The story of Madame Tussaud is masterfully intertwined with a gruesome depiction of the French Revolution.......more