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I forgot just how bloody and out of control the French Revolution was. I always learn so much through reading Morgan's books, and the knowledge tends to stick better because I find the actual text so enjoyable. The name Madame Tussaud used to ring faint bells in my head in relation to the famous wax museums. I had no idea how ingrained she was in the French Revolution. And how talented! Mobs of people would bring the decapitated head of some unfortunate man or woman to her to make a mask of. And she did it to keep herself and her family safe. And even after being imprisoned she made it out and continued to work on her impressive wax figures and made an even greater name for herself than she probably ever imagined.
Marie Tussaud lived through a great deal of history and was able to capture it all in wax so that other people might be able to see what was going on. The wax salon was not only a form of entertainment, but a means of communicating the news as well. I just never knew how essential she really was. Plus, it also helped that her uncle knew a lot of the big revolutionaries (Robespierre, Lafayette, the Duc d'Orleans). But Moran makes sure to emphasize that Marie's sheer talent for memorizing faces and sketching and modeling in wax is hers and hers alone.