Publication Date: 04/10/2018 ISBN: 9781910709566 Category:
Featured in Mr B's 2018 Christmas Catalogue

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Edward Carey, Edward Carey

Publisher: Gallic Books
Publication Date: 04/10/2018 ISBN: 9781910709566 Category:
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Mr B’s Christmas Catalogue Review 2018

In 1761 an odd little girl called Marie Grosholtz is born in a village in Switzerland. Orphaned at the age of six, she finds employment with a reclusive and rather eccentric anatomist, from whom she curiously learns the art of wax sculpting. It is a talent which takes her from the filthy gutters of pre-revolutionary Paris, to the luxurious Palace of Versailles, all culminating in her legacy as the great Madame Tussaud! Peppered with Carey’s unique illustrations, this macabre tale is simply unforgettable.

Publisher Review

‘A story wondrous fine, full of terrors and marvels.’–Kirkus, Starred Review ‘Iremonger torques and tempers our memories of Dickensian London into a singularly jaunty and creepy tale of agreeable misfits. Read it by gas lamp, with a glass of absinthe at your wrist and a fireplace poker by your knee.’–Gregory Maguire, author of WICKED

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