Faces of the Dead Author:Suzanne Weyn When Marie-Thérèse Charlotte of France learns of the powerful rebellion sweeping her country, the sheltered princess is determined to see the revolution for herself. Switching places with a chambermaid, the princess sneaks out of the safety of the royal palace and into the heart of a city in strife. — Soon the princess is brushing s... more »houlders with revolutionaries and activists. One boy in particular, Henri, befriends her and has her questioning the only life she's known. When the princess returns to the palace one night to find an angry mob storming its walls, she's forced into hiding in Paris. Henri brings her to the workshop of one Mademoiselle Grosholtz, whose wax figures seem to bring the famous back from the dead, and who looks at Marie-Thérèse as if she can see all of her secrets. There, the princess quickly discovers there's much more to the outside world - and to the mysterious woman's wax figures -- than meets the eye.
The Paris streets are dark, thrilling, and dangerous, and even with Henri beside her, the princess will have to choose a side. How can Marie-Thérèse support the revolutionaries if they are calling for the deaths of everyone in her family? But if she chooses her family, could she go on without Henri? What future can there be for a princess turned peasant?« less