Madame Tussaud : a life in wax / Kate Berridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berridge, Kate.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Waxing mythical

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tussaud, Marie, 1761-1850.

Tussaud, Marie.

Wax modellers--France--Biography.

Wax modellers.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.

France.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xii, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W. Morrow, [2006]

Summary:

Millions have visited the museums that bear her name, yet most know little about Madame Marie Tussuad. A celebrated artist, she had both a ringside seat and a cameo role in the French Revolution. Yet this intelligent, pragmatic business-woman-one of the earliest and most successful female enterpreneurs-would also have an extraordinary impact on modern culture, planting the seed of our facination with celebrity that has become an obessions today. Drawing upon a wealth of primary sources including Tussaud's memoirs and historical archives, as well as interview with her direct descendants, Kate Berrige tells this fascinating woman's complete story for the first time. The daughter of a common soldier and housekeeper, Tussaud's talent as a wax sculptor would propel her to the Court of Versailles in the waning days of the monarchy, where she became acquainted with some of the most renowned and infamous names of the age: Voltaire, Rousseau, Benjamin Franklin, the Duc d'Orleans, Marat,

Notes:

Published under the title: Waxing mythical. London : J. Murray, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-336) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0060528478

OCLC:

69332552

Publisher Number:

9780060528478