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1 online resource |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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Tussaud, Marie, 1761-1850 -- Fiction.
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Tussaud, Marie, 1761-1850. (OCoLC)fst00039650 |
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Tussaud, Marie, 1761-1850 -- Fiction. |
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Revolution (France : 1789-1799) (OCoLC)fst01354514 |
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Orphans -- Fiction.
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Wax modellers -- Fiction.
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Orphans. (OCoLC)fst01048433 |
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Wax modellers. (OCoLC)fst01172924 |
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Orphans -- Fiction. |
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Wax modellers -- Fiction. |
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FICTION / Literary. |
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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction.
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France. (OCoLC)fst01204289 |
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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction. |
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Biographical fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Biographical fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Fiction.
(OCoLC)fst01423787
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History.
(OCoLC)fst01411628
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Historical fiction. |
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Biographical fiction. |
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Electronic books. |
| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Carey, Edward, 1970- Little New York : RIverhead Books, 2018 9780525534327 (DLC) 2017061111 |
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9780525534341 : |
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0525534342 : |
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