Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution

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Authors: Michelle Moran

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Moran, Michelle.
Madame Tussaud : a novel of the French revolution / Michelle Moran.—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Tussaud, Marie, 1761–1850. 2. Wax modelers—France—Fiction.
3. France—History—Revolution, 1789–1799—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3613.O682M33 2011
813′.6—dc22 2010035785
eISBN: 978-0-307-58867-8

Map by David Cain

Jacket design by Jennifer O’Connor
Jacket photography by Richard Jenkins Photography (woman);
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DATE	EVENT
May 5, 1789	The Estates-General meets at Versailles, bringing together all three estates: the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners
June 17, 1789	The Third Estate, made up of commoners, declares itself the National Assembly
July 14, 1789	Fall of the Bastille
August 27, 1789	Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen is adopted
October 5–6, 1789	Parisian women march on Versailles and force the royal family to move to Paris
October 1, 1791	Meeting of the Legislative Assembly
April 20, 1792	France declares war on Austria
August 10, 1792	After the storming of the Tuileries Palace, the royal family takes refuge with the Legislative Assembly
September 2–6, 1792	The September Massacres
September 21, 1792	The monarchy is abolished
January 21, 1793	Louis XVI is executed
February 1, 1793	France declares war on Great Britain
April 6, 1793	The Committee of Public Safety is created with the intent of rooting out all “traitors” and anyone deemed a threat to the Revolution
October 5, 1793	The Revolutionary Calendar is adopted, with Year One beginning on September 22, 1792
October 16, 1793	Queen Marie Antoinette is executed
May 7, 1794	Cult of the Supreme Being proclaimed by Robespierre
June 8, 1794	Robespierre leads the celebration of the Festival of the Supreme Being
June 10, 1794	The Law of 22 Prairial is adopted, encouraging citizens to denounce anyone who might be a counterrevolutionary

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