Madame Tussard by Michelle Moran
Published: 2011
Setting: Paris, France, Palace of Versailles
4 stars
Marie is an ambitious and driven wax sculptress during the late 1700's in Paris, France. She is summoned to become the tutor for Madame Elizabeth, the sister of King Louis XVI. It is then during the French Revolution that she is asked to make "death masks" of those the National Assembly deems as traitors and people they consider a threat to the tyranny that Robespierre and his followers have put upon the people of France.
I can remember reading this and at one point thinking "O this is like the House of Wax place that does the celebrities", not realizing that it is in fact the same exact person.
I overall liked the book. I thought the beginning of the book was a little slow but I thought about the last half of the book was pretty good. I liked the relationship between Marie and Henri and the emotion that was conveyed by her when the people closest to her were killed. I thought this was a good representation of how things were back then and actually felt bad for the royal family compared to what we were taught in school about them during this time.
Published: 2011
Setting: Paris, France, Palace of Versailles
4 stars
Marie is an ambitious and driven wax sculptress during the late 1700's in Paris, France. She is summoned to become the tutor for Madame Elizabeth, the sister of King Louis XVI. It is then during the French Revolution that she is asked to make "death masks" of those the National Assembly deems as traitors and people they consider a threat to the tyranny that Robespierre and his followers have put upon the people of France.
I can remember reading this and at one point thinking "O this is like the House of Wax place that does the celebrities", not realizing that it is in fact the same exact person.
I overall liked the book. I thought the beginning of the book was a little slow but I thought about the last half of the book was pretty good. I liked the relationship between Marie and Henri and the emotion that was conveyed by her when the people closest to her were killed. I thought this was a good representation of how things were back then and actually felt bad for the royal family compared to what we were taught in school about them during this time.
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