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The Romance Of Madame Tussaud
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Author : John Tussaud
language : en
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Release Date : 2016-10-16
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Mad "Her biography may be said to comprise a tale of two cities" The waxwork museum to which Madame Tussaud gave her name remains a popular London attraction. However, the life that brought Marie Tussaud to London was one of terror, revolution and execution. Learning her trade from a physician who excelled at wax modelling, Marie began her career innocently creating waxes of contemporary celebrities, such as Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Benjamin Franklin. In the 1780's she was employed to teach the sister of Louis XVI votive making. The French Revolution would shatter this life. Arrested as a Royalist sympathiser, Marie was sentenced to die. Her head was shaved in preparation for the guillotine. It was only her connection to the physician who trained her that saved Marie that day. Her skill with wax was utilised and Marie found herself making wax models of the executed, including the King, Marie Antoinette and later, Robespierre... The Romance of Madame Tussaud is an amazing history of an extraordinary time. Written by her great grandson, The Romance of Madame Tussaud is a captivating and insightful look into the life of Marie Tussaud herself and her fascinating museum. John Theodore Tussaud (1858 - 1943) was the great grandson of Marie Tussaud. Although his father had sold ownership of Madame Tussauds, John worked in the museum as manager and chief artist for many years. In 1935 John was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In addition to The Romance of Madame Tussaud, John wrote The Chosen Four about Napoleon's loyal supporters who followed him into exile at St. Helena.
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Author : John Theodore Tussaud
language : en
Publisher: anboco
Release Date : 2017-06-28
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The earliest information we have concerning Madame Tussaud is that she was born in Switzerland on the 7th of December, 1760, and was the only child of Joseph and Marie Grosholtz. Her mother was the daughter of a Swiss clergyman. She married on the 20th of October, 1795, François Tussaud, who, it appears, was her junior by seven years. We are able to trace his family back as far as 1630, when his great-great-grandfather, one Denis Tusseaud—for that is how he spelt his name—was born. There is documentary evidence that Denis was brought from Burgy to Mâcon in 1631, his family also coming from Burzy, close by, in 1658. His descendants lived at Mâcon for more than a century, their occupation being generally that of workers in metal. The great-grandfather of François was Henry Tusseaud (1684-1717), and his grandfather's name was Claude (1716-1767). François' father (1744-1786) was the first of the family to adopt the present spelling of the name, although we find that various members of the family[viii] used the forms Tussot, Tusseau, Tuissiaud, Tussiaut, Tusseaut, Tussiau, or Thusseaud. Madame Tussaud's marriage does not appear to have been a happy one, for we learn that in 1800—two years before she came to England—she separated from her husband, of whom we hear nothing further, although he is known to have been living in Paris in the lifetime of his grandsons. The foundress of the famous Exhibition had two sons, Joseph and Francis. Francis (1800-1873) had several sons, the eldest of whom, Joseph Randall (1831-1892), who was a student and exhibitor at the Royal Academy, was the father of the author of this book. Mr. John Theodore Tussaud was born in Kensington on the 2nd of May, 1858, and at the age of six was sent to St. Charles's College, London, where he came under the influence of Cardinal Manning, who took a keen personal interest in his welfare.
Romance Of Madame Tussaud S
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Author : JOHN THEODORE. TUSSAUD
language : en
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Release Date : 2018
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Author : John Theodore Tussaud
language : en
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Release Date : 2015-07-06
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Excerpt from The Romance of Madame Tussaud's The earliest information we have concerning Madame Tussaud is that she was born in Switzerland on the 7th of December, 1760, and was the only child of Joseph and Marie Grosholtz. Her mother was the daughter of a Swiss clergyman. She married on the 20th of October, 1795, Francois Tussaud, who, it appears, was her junior by seven years. We are able to trace his family back as far as 1630, when his great-great-grandfather, one Denis Tusseaud - for that is how he spelt his name - was born. There is documentary evidence that Denis was brought from Burgy to Macon in 1631, his family also coming from Burzy, close by, in 1658. His descendants lived at Macon for more than a century, their occupation being generally that of workers in metal. The great-grandfather of Francois was Henry Tusseaud (1684-1717), and his grandfather's name was Claude (1716-1767). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Romance Of Madame Tussauds
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Author : John Theodore 1859 Tussaud
language : en
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Release Date : 2016-08-28
Romance Of Madame Tussauds written by John Theodore 1859 Tussaud and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-28 with History categories.
The Romance Of Madame Tussaud
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Author : Louis Tussaud
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1937
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1921
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Author : John Theodore Tussaud
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2020-09-28
The Romance Of Madame Tussaud S written by John Theodore Tussaud and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with Wax figures categories.
This is a fascinating book and its fascination consists in two things attaching to its subject: first that the famous collection of modelled portraits which has become a sort of national institution in England under the name of “Madame Tussaud’s” has its roots in the greatest period of modern history, the French Revolution; second, in that the complete and growing record has passed through so many changes and has yet survived. Even though the famous collection had dealt with nothing more than the main figures of the Revolution and of the great wars that followed it, it would have been a possession of permanent and lasting historical value. I am not sure that if it had so remained, stopped short at the effigies of those now long dead, it would not now receive a greater respect. It might well in that case have become something recognised as a national possession, protected and preserved by the national government. For the prolongation of the record right on into our own time, while it very greatly increases the real value of the collection as a piece of historical evidence, yet deprives it of that illusion which men cannot avoid where history is concerned: the illusion that things thoroughly passed are in some way greater and of more consequence than contemporary things. This continuity of the great collection—so long as it is maintained with judgment in selection and without too much yielding to momentary fame is none the less a thing to be very thankful for. Already those of us who, like the present writer, are well on into middle age, can judge how the younger generation is beginning to regard as historical these simulacra, which, when they were first modelled, seemed in our own youth insignificant because they were contemporary. To our children (who are now grown and are young men and women), Disraeli, Gladstone, Bismarck—all the group that were old but living men in the eighties (Disraeli died at the beginning of them, Bismarck long after their close)—are what to us were Louis-Philippe, Garibaldi, Palmerston, and the process properly continued will be invaluable. We have already more than 130 years of record. There is no reason why it should not extend to the two centuries.
Madame Tussaud
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Author : Pamela Pilbeam
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2006-08-10
Madame Tussaud written by Pamela Pilbeam and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Tussaud's catered for the public's fascination with monarchy, whether Henry VIII and his wives or Queen Victoria, as well as for their love of history, acting as an accessible and enjoyable museum. This work looks at Madame Tussaud herself and her exhibition as part of the wider history of wax modelling and of popular entertainment.
Madame Tussaud
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Author : Michelle Moran
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-03-03
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Paris, 1788. Marie is a young woman in love with her oldest friend and neighbour, Henri. But she is also a determined businesswoman, eager to see her family's waxwork museum keep them safe and solvent. Her gift for modelling faces in wax brings her to Versailles, where she must teach the king's sister her skill. But the coming revolution will place Marie, her family and all of Paris in grave danger. As the monarchy is overthrown and the guillotine becomes a fixture in French life, Marie is expected to show her patriotism by making death masks from the severed heads of every key figure killed as the Reign of Terror begins and France enters its darkest time. How will Marie survive the Revolution? Who will survive it with her? And just how will this girl come to be known as the woman behind one of the most famous museums in the world?