Little / Edward Carey.

Author/Creator:

Carey, Edward, 1970- author, illustrator.

Publication:

New York : Riverhead Books, 2018.

Format/Description:

Book
436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subjects:

Tussaud, Marie, 1761-1850 -- Fiction.
Tussaud, Marie, 1761-1850.
Revolution (France : 1789-1799)
Orphans -- Fiction.
Wax modellers -- Fiction.
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction.
Orphans.
Wax modellers.
France.

Local subjects:

Tussaud, Marie, 1761-1850 -- Fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
Wax modellers -- Fiction.
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction.

Form/Genre:

Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
History.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.

Summary:

"The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud" -- Provided by publisher.
In 1761 a tiny, odd-looking girl named Marie is born in a village in Switzerland. After the death of her parents, she is apprenticed to an eccentric wax sculptor and whisked off to the seamy streets of Paris, where they meet a domineering widow and her quiet, pale son. Together, they convert an abandoned monkey house into an exhibition hall for wax heads, and the spectacle becomes a sensation. As word of her artistic talent spreads, Marie is called to Versailles, where she tutors a princess and saves Marie Antoinette in childbirth. But outside the palace walls, Paris is roiling. The revolutionary mob is demanding heads-- and at the wax museum, heads are what they do. -- adapted from jacket

ISBN:

9780525534327
0525534326
9780525534341 (ebook)

OCLC:

1025378060

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