by Michelle Moran · Crown · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780307588661
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«Madame Tussaud» is the historical novel by Michelle Moran, published by Crown in paperback (480 pages, in English).
Paris, 1788: Marie Tussaud sculpts wax in her uncle's Salon de Cire and dreams of the favour of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Called to Versailles, she gets to know the court while Robespierre fuels popular discontent. When the Revolution breaks out, Marie must make deals with the new leaders and create death masks of guillotined aristocrats.
Novel nominated for the 2011 Goodreads Choice Award in the historical fiction category. Its original subtitle is A Novel of the French Revolution.
For readers of historical and biographical fiction interested in the French Revolution, the court of Versailles, and the life of Marie Tussaud.
Michelle Moran is an American novelist known for her historical fiction writing.
