Madame Tussaud: a life in wax

The curious cast of Marie's early life

Freaks, fakes and frog-eaters: an education in entertainment

The King and I: modeller and mentor at Versailles

Courting the crowds at the people's palace

Marie and the mob

Model citizens

The shadow of the guillotine

Hardship and heartache

Love and money

Vide et crede! The Lyceum Theatre, London

Scotland and Ireland, 1803-1808

'Much genteel company'

Dramas and dangers 1822-1831

'An inventive genius': Mrs Jarley, Madame Tussaud and Charles Dickens

'The leading exhibition in the metropolis'

Brining the Gods down to earth.