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Book SynopsisMadame Tussaud (17611850) rubbed shoulders with many of the key figures of the French Revolution, sculpting in wax the likes of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Marat and Robespierre. Her memoirs, which were first published in 1838, offer evocative eyewitness insights into one of the defining periods in European history.
Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Introductory remarks; 2. Voltaire crowned; 3. Marie Antoinette; 4. Ambassadors of Tippoo Saib; 5. Madame Tussaud quits the Princess Elizabeth; 6. Destruction of the busts; 7. Duke of Orleans; 8. The emperor Joseph the Second; 9. The king's return to Paris; 10. Proceedings of the Jacobins; 11. Anacharsis Cloots; 12. General Rochambeau; 13. Immense mob on the 20th June, 1792; 14. Various schemes; 15. Robespierre; 16. Massacre of priests; 17. Accusation of Robespierre; 18. Preparations for Louis's trial; 19. The abbé Edgeworth; 20. Armed commotion; 21. Duke of York defeated; 22. Arraignment of the twenty-two Girondins; 23. Goddess of Reason; 24. Malesherbes' trial; 25. Duke of York's humanity; 26. Robespierre's likeness; 27. Kotzebue; 28. Renewed attacks of the factions; 29. Formation of a directory; 30. Reception of Buonaparte; 31. Napoleon's operations.
