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Madame Tussaud: A Life in Wax [Mīkstie vāki]

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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 368 pages, height x width x depth: 203x142x24 mm, weight: 308 g, Illustrations
  • Izdošanas datums: 14-Aug-2007
  • Izdevniecība: HarperCollins Publishers
  • ISBN-10: 0060528486
  • ISBN-13: 9780060528485
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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 368 pages, height x width x depth: 203x142x24 mm, weight: 308 g, Illustrations
  • Izdošanas datums: 14-Aug-2007
  • Izdevniecība: HarperCollins Publishers
  • ISBN-10: 0060528486
  • ISBN-13: 9780060528485
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An intimate portrait of the peasant woman, born in 1761, who parlayed her talent for wax modeling and determination to achieve success into the creation of the world famous Madame Tussaud's, in an engrossing biography set against the backdrop of one of the world's bloodiest periods of history. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
List of Illustrations ix
Prologue 1
1. The Curious Cast of Marie's Early Life
9
2. Freaks, Fakes and Frog-Eaters: An Education in Entertainment
34
3. The King and I: Modeller and Mentor at Versailles
59
4. Courting the Crowds at the People's Palace
82
5. Marie and the Mob
92
6. Model Citizens
120
7. The Shadow of the Guillotine
136
8. Hardship and Heartache
154
9. Love and Money
168
10. Vide et Crede! The Lyceum Theatre, London 178
11. Scotland and Ireland 1803-1808 194
12. 'Much Genteel Company' 213
13. Dramas and Dangers 1822-1831 248
14. 'An Inventive Genius': Mrs Jarley, Madame Tussaud and Charles Dickens 260
15. 'The Leading Exhibition in the Metropolis' 274
16. Bringing the Gods Down to Earth 294
Epilogue 315
Acknowledgements 325
Sources 327
Index 337