Bøger af Kate Berridge

Millions have visited the museums that bear her name, yet few know much about Madame Tussaud. A celebrated artist, she had both a ringside seat at and a cameo role in the French Revolution. A victim and survivor of one of the most tumultuous times in history, this intelligent, pragmatic businesswoman has also had an indelible impact on contemporary culture, planting the seed of our obsession with celebrity.In Madame Tussaud, Kate Berridge tells this fascinating woman's complete story for the first time, drawing upon a wealth of sources, including Tussaud's memoirs and historical archives. It is a grand-scale success story, revealing how with sheer graft and grit a woman born in 1761 to an eighteen-year-old cook overcame extraordinary reversals of fortune to build the first and most enduring worldwide brand identified simply by reference to its founder's name: Madame Tussaud's.

'Glitters with ideas and insights' Guardian In the twentieth century, our deaf ear to death mirrored the Victorian blind eye to sex. But death is finally out of the closet. This is a provocative account of how and why we have tamed the thing we most fear. But as death becomes the focus of a new permissiveness, does it signify healthy liberation? Are 'click' and 'buy' coffin websites and mourning television indicative of progress or a waning sensibility?