Little
Carey, Edward, 1970-2018
Book
The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud. In 1761, a tiny, odd-looking girl named Marie is born in a village in Switzerland. After the death of her parents, she is apprenticed to an eccentric wax sculptor and whisked off to the seamy streets of Paris, where they meet a domineering widow and her quiet, pale son. Together, they convert an abandoned monkey house into an exhibition hall for wax heads, and the spectacle becomes a sensation. As word of her artistic talent spreads, Marie is called to Versailles, where she tutors a princess and saves Marie Antoinette in childbirth. But outside the palace walls, Paris is roiling: The revolutionary mob is demanding heads, and . . . at the wax museum, heads are what they do. Exuberant and utterly distinctive, this novel recalls a momentous stretch of French history through the eyes of Marie Groscholtz, who survives the harshest of beginnings and most violent of revolutions to craft her place in history
Main title:
Little / by Edward Carey ; illustrated by Edward Carey.
Author:
Carey, Edward, 1970-, author, illustrator
Work:
Imprint:
London : Gallic Books , 2018.©2018
Collation:
458 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781910709566 (pbk)9781910709566 (paperback)9781910709535 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
513715
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Melbourne Library | Fiction Paperback | General C | Available |