I love a good historical fiction, and Michelle Moran’s Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution does NOT disappoint!drey’s thoughts:I’ve always been fascinated by the French Revolution, but never really got too close to it – something to with that guillotine, I suppose… Yeah, crazy, I know!A...
Michelle Moran shows her readers the French Revolution through the eyes of Madame Marie Tussaud (nee Grosholtz), the famous wax sculptor whose name graces museums around the world nowadays.Written in first person, present tense, Moran gives the events an immediacy that drives home the difficulties o...
This was a wonderfully written novel about a very turbulent time in history. Moran managed a very real feeling account of the events through Marie's eyes while maintaining historical accuracy. The book clearly showed how widely idiocy and imagination ran wild in the days of the French Revolution. It...
SO. SUPER. INTERESTING. I had no idea that Mme. Tussaud was a real, historical figure, much less a major player in the French Revolution. This book was fascinating and exceptionally well-written. I recommend it highly.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I have only been to Madam Tussaud's museum once and so reading a book about her life was extremely interesting! The most thing, however that I found most interesting was in the historical notes afterwards. The fact that Marie was one of the first to have a pre-nup!
I enjoyed and learned a lot about the French Revolution that I didn't know before from this well researched and riveting historical novel. It makes me wish that I could visit the Madame Tussaud's waxworks in London.
I couldn't get very far in this book, because it felt so fake and forced. The writing was so flat, and it didn't feel like there was any real emotion behind it. It just seemed unrealistic and I didn't find it as interesting as the descriptions I'd read. Disappointing.
I just finished this and I have to say that I loved this book. It's been a long time since I read anything set in the French Revolution so I had to keep refreshing myself on the major players. And because I hadn't visited this era in a while the sheer violence and anarchy of the Terror were more sh...
So far, and I cannot tell you why..I am having a difficult time getting into this book and have passed it over for other ones. I don't know if it is the way it is written or the subject matter. I am hoping to force myself to finish it today and that maybe through that forcing, the book will start to...
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