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Sto caricando le informazioni... Madame Tussaud: A Life in Wax (edizione 2006)di Kate Berridge (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I'm very disappointed in Kate Berridge's "Madame Tussaud: A Life in Wax." I would have guessed that Madame Tussaud and the time she lived - before, during and after the French Revolution - would have been fascinating to read about, but this book is dry and dull, except for the occasional sarcastic zingers, which seem totally inappropriate for the subject. Kate Berridge does not even try to hide her contempt for Madame Tussaud, and the reader is left to wonder why, then, she chose to write a 300+ page book with her as the supposed central character. I say 'supposed' because, in fact, the book seems to have very little to do with Madame Tussaud herself. Not recommended. Man erfaehrt viel ueber die Zeit der franzoesischen Revolution, die verschiedenen Modestroemungen, den Untergang der Monarchie und fruehe Werbestrategien. Von diesem Standpunkt aus ist das Buch sehr interessant. Ueber Madame Tussaud selber erfaerht man aber eher wenig, da sie wenig Privates der Oeffentlichkeit preisgegeben hat und somit nicht viel von ihr persoenlich (Gedanken, Gefuehle, Reaktion auf Schicksalschlaege) ueberliefert ist. Ein Leben in Wachs - die Geschichte der Madame Tussaud Es klingt wie im Märchen: Eine mittellose Halbwaise, die im Hause eines gebildeten Onkels Obdach findet, zu einer gewandten jungen Frau heranwächst und dann in Paris Aufstieg und Fall Ludwigs XVI. erlebt. Doch Marie Tussaud, 1761 als Marie Grosholtz im elsässischen Straßburg geboren, hat Glück - und Geschick. 1789 muss die junge Wachsbildnerin, die schon Voltaire und Angehörige des hohen Adels porträtieren durfte, die Schrecken der Revolution mitansehen. Die Jakobiner zwingen sie, Totenmasken prominenter Opfer der Guillotine anzufertigen, doch sie selbst überlebt. Mit der Erbschaft ihres Onkels, einer Wachsfigurensammlung, macht sie sich 1802 auf den Weg nach England. Am Londoner Strand zeigt Madame Tussaud ihre erste Show mit den Berühmten der damaligen Welt. Die Menschen stehen Schlange - bis heute. Fascinating work on this amazing and groundbreaking woman entrepneur. Looks at how the desire for "entertainment" and education came together for the middle class and has continued until today. Her life, though embellished in her own memoirs, is still a hair raising tale of survival and persistance in the face of both natural and man made disasters. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Millions have visited the museums that bear her name, yet few know much about Madame Tussaud. This intelligent, pragmatic businesswoman had both a ringside seat and a cameo role in the French Revolution, then went on to plant the seed of our obsession with celebrity. Writer Berridge tells her complete story for the first time, drawing upon sources including Tussaud's memoirs and historical archives. It is a grand-scale success story--how a woman born in 1761 to an 18-year-old cook overcame reversals of fortune to build the first worldwide brand identified simply by its founder's name: Madame Tussaud's. Central to her success was her status as a victim and survivor of the French Revolution. Her memoirs placed claims of friendships with royals and revolutionaries--including Marie Antoinette and Marat--alongside personal horrors. But, as a born entrepreneur, did she extend her flair for publicity to molding her own story?--From publisher description. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Most of what people know of the early part of Marie Grosholtz’s (Madame Tussaud’s) life came from her own autobiography. This author tries to verify (but has a hard time doing so) much of what Marie wrote about her own life. It seems that there may have been a lot of exaggeration, particularly during the French Revolution, when she created wax figures out of decapitated heads during the “Terror”. It was easier to verify her life (as she became more well-known) once she moved to England.
The book was ok, but a few too many parts of it were kind of dry reading. All I knew about her was from Michelle Moran’s book, but her book pretty much ended when Marie moved to England. I hadn’t realized she had done as much travelling as she had – to promote her show and her wax models. She really does seem to have had a good head for business, but much of her money was taken by a bad deal with the man she went into business with in England (until she untangled herself from him) and her dud of a husband in France. ( )