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Author:
Carey, Edward, 1970- illustrator. illustrator.
Title:
Historia y desventuras de una pequeña criada llamada Little : que más tarde se convirtió en la famosa Madame Tussaud / Edward Carey ; traducción de Lucía Barahona.
Edition:
Primera edición en esta colección.
Publisher:
Blackie Books,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
530 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Subject:
Tussaud, Marie,--1761-1850--Fiction.
Tussaud, Marie,--1761-1850.
1789-1799
Orphans--Fiction.
Wax modellers--Fiction.
Orphans.
Wax modellers.
France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Fiction.
France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Fiction.
France.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Fiction.
History.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
Novels.
Historical fiction.
Other Authors:
Barahona, Lucía, translator.
Translation of (expression): Carey, Edward, 1970- Little. Spanish.
Other Titles:
Little. Spanish
Notes:
Novel.
Summary:
"En 1761, y una niña diminuta y de aspecto bastante extraño nace en un pueblo de Suiza. la llaman Anne Marie, aunque no tardarán en referirse a ella como Little. Pronto la tragedia se cierne sobre su vida: sus padres mueren, y su única salida es convertirse en aprendiz y sirvienta de un excéntrico modelador de cera, el señor Curtius. Espléndidas cabezas de cera la obseran desde todos los ángulos del taller: Curtius las rellena con trapos y serrín, y las cende por encargo a los hombres más ricos de Berna. De la Suiza de su infancia a París, donde funda con el señor Curtius el primer museo de cera, y más tarde a Versalles, para asistir a María Antonieta en el parto, esta es la asombrosa historia de la modeladora de cera más ilustre de la Revolución francesa. Porque la revolución exige cabezas para su incansable guillotina, y solo ella puede conseguirlas." -- back cover.
In 1761 a tiny, odd-looking girl named Marie is born in a village in Switzerland. After the death of her parents, she is apprenticed to an eccentric wax sculptor and whisked off to the seamy streets of Paris, where they meet a domineering widow and her quiet, pale son. Together, they convert an abandoned monkey house into an exhibition hall for wax heads, and the spectacle becomes a sensation. As word of her artistic talent spreads, Marie is called to Versailles, where she tutors a princess and saves Marie Antoinette in childbirth. But outside the palace walls, Paris is roiling. The revolutionary mob is demanding heads -- and at the wax museum, heads are what they do. -- Adapted from back jacket, English edition.
Series:
Blackie books ; BA13.
ISBN:
8418187948
9788418187940
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1268225062
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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