Pamela Pilbeam

Madame Tussaud

and the History of Waxworks

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Madame Tussaud was a very remarkable woman. She survived the French Revolution, brought her waxworks to England, and made them the most popular tourist attraction in London. Pamela Pilbeam deals with Madame Tussaud and her exhibition as part of the wider history of wax modelling and of popular entertainment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9781852855116
• ISBN-10: 1852855118
• Artikelnr.: 21838603

Autorenporträt

Pamela Pilbeam is the author of French Socialists Before Marx (2000). She is Professor of French History at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Introduction
1 The Origins of Wax Modelling
2 The Wax Salon
3 Revolutionary Paris
4 The Travelling Wax Exhibition
5 The Baker Street Bazaar
6 Wax Rivals
7 From the Great Exhibition to the First World War
8 Waxworks in the Age of Film
9 The Appeal of Waxworks
Notes
Bibliography
Index