Edward Carey “Little” Taschenbuch, Englisch, 2018

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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.

Produktdetails
ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1910709565
Herausgeber ‏ : ‎ Gallic Books
Sprache ‏ : ‎ Englisch
Seitenzahl : 458
Erscheinungsjahr : 2018
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781910709566
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1910709566
Artikelgewicht ‏ : ‎ 431 g
Abmessungen ‏ : ‎ 13.5 x 3.5 x 21.5 cm