Little HB

Author(s): Edward Carey (Illustrator); Luke Bird (Cover Design by)

FICTION

'One of the most original historical novels of the year... By turns macabre, funny, touching and oddly life-affirming, Little is a remarkable achievement' Sunday Times

The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals alike, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud.

In 1761, a tiny, odd-looking girl named Marie is born in a village in Alsace. 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.

Edward Carey's Little is a wonder - the incredible story of a 'blood-stained crumb of a girl' who went on to shape the world.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781910709399
  • : Gallic Books, Limited
  • : Gallic Books
  • : September 2018
  • : ---length:- '20.3'width:- '12.7'units:- Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Edward Carey (Illustrator); Luke Bird (Cover Design by)
  • : Hardback
  • : 1119
  • : English
  • : 823/.914
  • : 380