Madame Tussaud : A Novel of the French Revolution (Hardcover)

from avidreaderlisa

This is a great novel about a woman who grew up among some of the greatest figures in the French Revolution. For anyone who might enjoy reading about the time period, I would highly recommend this.The characters and descriptions were great, I think the author did her research well into wax charac...

from bedda

Moran does a wonderful job of bringing the time and place to life. There is a cast of wonderfully rounded, interesting, and complex characters. You become involved in the lives of these people. There is a lot of historical detail and you certainly can learn a lot about the French Revolution here ...

from BookAddictDiary

I've been a big fan of the French Revolution for a while. Okay -now that just sounds weird -why would I be a fan of all the violence and horrible things that happened? Really I mean that I've always thought the period was interesting, and am always on the look out for new historical fiction novel...

from JBD1

Michelle Moran's Madame Tussaud (Crown, 2011) is a nice fictional account of the French Revolution as seen through the eyes of Marie Grosholtz, a young wax sculptress known to the world by her married name, Madame Tussaud. By using the wax studio of Marie and her uncle as a focal point, Moran has...

from stefferoo

I'm currently in a phase where I'm on the lookout for some good historical fiction, and my interest was inevitably drawn to Michelle Moran and her books. I could have picked up any of her previous novels about Nefertiti or Cleopatra Selene, but I knew I wanted to read Madame Tussaud the moment I ...