Moran, Michelle.

Madame Tussaud : a novel of the French revolution / Michelle Moran. - 1st ed. - New York : Crown, c2011. - xii, 446 p. : map ; 25 cm.

The world knows Madame Tussaud as a wax artist extraordinaire ... but who was this woman who became one of the most famous sculptresses of all time? Spanning five years, from the budding revolution to the Reign of Terror, "Madame Tussaud" brings us into the world of an incredible heroine whose talent for wax modeling saved her life and preserved the faces of a vanished kingdom.

ISBN: 9780307588654 0307588653

LCCN: 2010035785

Subjects--Personal Names:
Tussaud, Marie, 1761-1850.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Wax modellers--France--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction--2011.
Biographical fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS3613.O682 / M33 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.6