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* Read # Madame Tussaud: A Life in Wax by Kate Berridge æ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Madame Tussaud: A Life in Wax nobody said Five Stars. As ordered thank you.. "Disappointing" according to Amazon Customer. The book was disappointing. I found it too verbose and the writer displayed her dislike of Madame T. within every chapter. She spent more time in writing about the troubling times, hair stylist, styles of dress and debauchery of those times than of Madame T. The writer continually questioned Madame T's memoirs and her honesty regarding certain chapters of her life. Certain episodes of Madame T's life wer
| Title | : | Madame Tussaud: A Life in Wax |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.29 (883 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060528486 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-12 |
| Language | : | English |
It is a grand-scale success story, revealing how with sheer graft and grit a woman born in 1761 to an eighteen-year-old cook overcame extraordinary reversals of fortune to build the first and most enduring worldwide brand identified simply by reference to its founder's name: Madame Tussaud's.. In Madame Tussaud, Kate Berridge tells this fascinating woman's complete story for the first time, drawing upon a wealth of sources, including Tussaud's memoirs and historical archives. A celebrated artist, she had both a ringside seat at and a cameo role in the French Revolution. A victim and survivor of one of the most tumultuous times in history, t
nobody said Five Stars. As ordered thank you.. "Disappointing" according to Amazon Customer. The book was disappointing. I found it too verbose and the writer displayed her dislike of Madame T. within every chapter. She spent more time in writing about the troubling times, hair stylist, styles of dress and debauchery of those times than of Madame T. The writer continually questioned Madame T's memoirs and her honesty regarding certain chapters of her life. Certain episodes of Madame T's life were touched lightly and the writer wrote almost nothing about her present day descendants. I have read better biographies from other writers that have humanized th. Loves the View said Roots of Popular Culture. The record of Madame Tussaud's early years in France, other than the dubious one of her own hand, is scant to non-existant. In this absence, the author documents what is known with an analysis of popular "entertainments" of the time and the role of the Curtius waxworks in it. The theme of popular culture carries through to Madame Tussaud's time in England, although at this time there would have been more biographical record to draw upon. In short, while in part a biography, this book is more the story of Madame Tussaud's role in the development of popular cultur
She lives in London, England.. Kate Berridge is the author of Vigor Mortis and has contributed to Vogue, the Spectator, the Sunday Times, and Town & Country, among other publications
In Berridge's capable hands, Madame Tussaud, nee Marie Grosholtz (1761-1850), is presented as "a cultural innovator," the architect behind "the first and most enduring worldwide brand to be identified simply by reference to its founder's name." Berridge uses deft capsule histories of the French Revolution and popular entertainments of the day to support her interpretations of Tussaud's life and work. Dividing her life into three periods-early years, traveling and fame-Berridge critically examines Tussaud's 1838 autobiography, calling into question and r
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