During the French Revolution, Marie Tussaud was forced to make wax casts of severed heads. Later she took them to England and set up her Wax Museum…

Margo Lestz – The Curious Rambler
Bringing History to Life
During the French Revolution, Marie Tussaud was forced to make wax casts of severed heads. Later she took them to England and set up her Wax Museum…
In 1789, aristocrats started to flee revolutionary France. One group of these refugees ended up in a most unlikely place – the wilds of Pennsylvania.
Explore the theme of the Nice Carnival and see how my new book is coming along.
The French Revolutionaries weren’t content with just changing their government. They wanted to change everything – even how they kept track of time.
Marie Antoinette almost escaped to the USA. Of course, she didn’t make it – but maybe her cats did. Could that be the origin of the Maine Coon?
At the beginning of the French Revolution, when the Parisians had nothing to eat, several thousand women took things into their own hands…