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Madame Tussaud's Memoirs and Reminiscences of France

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Madame Tussaud's Memoirs and Reminiscences of France

Madame Tussaud's Memoirs and Reminiscences of France

Forming an Abridged History of the French Revolution
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Marie Tussaud
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Francis Hervé
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January 2014
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    As a younger woman, Anna Maria 'Marie' Tussaud (1761–1850) rubbed shoulders with many of the key figures of the French Revolution, sculpting in wax the likes of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Marat and Robespierre. After moving to Britain, she made her living by exhibiting her sculptures in numerous towns and cities. In 1835 she settled in London and opened her museum, which became one of the city's most popular attractions. Initially reluctant about releasing her memoirs, Madame Tussaud was convinced by her editor Francis Hervé (1781–1850) that her unique position - of seeing first-hand the events and characters that drove the Revolution, while maintaining a generally non-partisan view of them - would make the book of real interest to the public. First published in 1838, it offers evocative eyewitness insights into one of the defining periods in modern European history.

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    January 2014
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    9781108067065
    534 pages
    216 × 140 × 30 mm
    0.67kg
    1 b/w illus.
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    Contents

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • 1. Introductory remarks
    • 2. Voltaire crowned
    • 3. Marie Antoinette
    • 4. Ambassadors of Tippoo Saib
    • 5. Madame Tussaud quits the Princess Elizabeth
    • 6. Destruction of the busts
    • 7. Duke of Orleans
    • 8. The emperor Joseph the Second
    • 9. The king's return to Paris
    • 10. Proceedings of the Jacobins
    • 11. Anacharsis Cloots
    • 12. General Rochambeau
    • 13. Immense mob on the 20th June, 1792
    • 14. Various schemes
    • 15. Robespierre
    • 16. Massacre of priests
    • 17. Accusation of Robespierre
    • 18. Preparations for Louis's trial
    • 19. The abbé Edgeworth
    • 20. Armed commotion
    • 21. Duke of York defeated
    • 22. Arraignment of the twenty-two Girondins
    • 23. Goddess of Reason
    • 24. Malesherbes' trial
    • 25. Duke of York's humanity
    • 26. Robespierre's likeness
    • 27. Kotzebue
    • 28. Renewed attacks of the factions
    • 29. Formation of a directory
    • 30. Reception of Buonaparte
    • 31. Napoleon's operations.
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