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Main Sources:
- Berridge, Kate. Madame Tussaud: A Life in Wax. New York: W. Morrow, 2006.
- Panzanelli, Roberta, ed. Ephemeral Bodies: Wax Sculpture and the Human Figure. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2008.
- Pilbeam, Pamela. Madame Tussaud and the History of Waxworks. New York: Hambledon and London, 2003.
- Tussaud, John Theodore. The Romance of Madame Tussaud’s. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1920.
- Tussaud, Marie. Memoirs of Madame Tussaud: Her Eventful History. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1878.
- Schwartz, Vanessa. Spectacular Realities: Early Mass Culture in fin-de-siècle Paris. Berkeley: University of California Berkeley, 1999.
Useful web sources:
- Madame Tussaud Website – Master website for Madame Tussaud’s empire in wax
- “How Madame Tussaud built her house of wax” – National Geographic
- “How the Real Madame Tussaud Built a Business Out of Beheadings” – Atlas Obscura
- The Making of a Wax Figure @ Madame Tussauds – Youtube
“Fun” reading:
- Moran, Michelle. Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution. New York: Broadway Paperbacks, 2011.
- Carey, Edward. Little. New York: Riverhead Books, 2018.
Recommended Listening:
- Revolutions Podcast (Season 3: French Revolution)
- The History Chicks (Episodes 53 & 54 on Marie Antoinette — the first podcast episodes I EVER listened to!)
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Happy listening!
-Lindsay
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