Marie Tussaud’s great-grandson tells the story of the family business: her training in wax modelling, the Paris of the Revolution in which she worked, her move to Britain, and the long years of touring before the exhibition settled in London. He then follows the waxworks through Victorian crowds, the Chamber of Horrors and the topical figures added as news broke.
A curious, anecdotal history of a London institution, with an introduction by Hilaire Belloc. Download the free EPUB.