Little by Edward Carey the story of Madame Tussaud and how she came to have her wax museum
18th Century, books

Little: Not for the Faint-hearted

Little by Edward Carey is the story of Madame Tussaud, a dark and somewhat gory tale of the French Revolution. Marie, also known as Little, is orphaned by the age of seven, and then is apprenticed by Dr. Curtius, a man who has lived in solitude most of his life…

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1910s, books, WWI

House of Gold Shines Despite a Slow Start

I almost gave up on House of Gold, a fictionalized story of the House of Rothschild. I stuck with it and however, and ultimately enjoyed it. It takes place in the 1910s –beginning around 1911 and through the first world war.  The Jewish banking family it describes possesses branches in…

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