Tussaud
By: Belinda Lyons-Lee
Publisher: Transit Lounge
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Melbourne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9781925760620
Subjects: Ficiton; Fiction; Wax modellers; Magicians; Aristocracy (Social class); Secrecy; Missing persons; Male domination (Social structure); Human behavior
Description: "Paris, 1810. Haunted by the French Revolution, Marie Tussaud has locked herself away in her shop with the death masks she was forced to make to avoid the guillotine. Philidor, a famous magician, offers her the chance to accompany him to London to assist in creating a wax automaton that will bring them both money and success. Following a disastrous performance on their opening night in which the wax on their prized spectacle melts, the eccentric Duke, William Cavendish, invites them to his rambling estate, Welbeck, where he suggests they take up residence, use his underground ballroom for a new show and in return create a private commission for him: a wax automaton in the likeness of Elanor, a beautiful girl who mysteriously disappeared from the estate when he was a child."--Publisher.
Notes: "What if, ladies and gentlemen, we could cheat death itself?"--Cover.