Tussaud Giveaway

To cap off my all things French week. Though I might not have mentioned it, that's how this week was in my head... first some Flowery Spies, then some pre-revolutionary giveaways. What's the giveaway you ask as I dawdle on and on about the contents of my head versus getting straight to the point. Well, back in December, the lovely Michelle Moran, whom you should remember has visited my humble blog before, offered me a chance at a giveaway for all my lovely readers. I jumped at the chance! Ever since she mentioned her new book about Madams Tussaud back in, oh... September 2009 when I was just starting out in the blogosphere... I have been very excited. I love France! My last name is French (ok, Belgian, but that just makes me more like Poirot). One of my ancestors was second in command the first time Napoleon was wagging war, he washed his hand of the diminutive emperor after the whole Elba thing. Anyway, back to the giveaway. You could win a signed copy of the new book as well as these adorable Marie Antionette earrings, which make me wish I had pierced ears!

So onto the "official rules"...

The Prize:
A signed edition of Michelle Moran's new book, Madame Tussaud and a pair of Marie Antoinette earrings.

Book description:
"Smart and ambitious, Marie Tussaud has learned the secrets of wax sculpting by working alongside her uncle in their celebrated wax museum, the Salon de Cire. From her popular model of the American ambassador, Thomas Jefferson, to her tableau of the royal family at dinner, Marie’s museum provides Parisians with the very latest news on fashion, gossip, and even politics. Her customers hail from every walk of life, yet her greatest dream is to attract the attention of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI; their stamp of approval on her work could catapult her and her museum to the fame and riches she desires. After months of anticipation, Marie learns that the royal family is willing to come and see their likenesses. When they finally arrive, the king’s sister is so impressed that she requests Marie’s presence at Versailles as a royal tutor in wax sculpting. It is a request Marie knows she cannot refuse—even if it means time awayfrom her beloved Salon and her increasingly dear friend, Henri Charles.

As Marie gets to know her pupil, Princesse Élisabeth, she also becomes acquainted with the king and queen, who introduce her to the glamorous life at court. From lavish parties with more delicacies than she’s ever seen to rooms filled with candles lit only once before being discarded, Marie steps into a world entirely different from her home on the Boulevard du Temple, where people are selling their teeth in order to put food on the table.

Meanwhile, many resent the vast separation between rich and poor. In salons and cafés across Paris, people like Camille Desmoulins, Jean-Paul Marat, and Maximilien Robespierre are lashing out against the monarchy. Soon, there’s whispered talk of revolution. . . . Will Marie be able to hold on to both the love of her life and herfriendship with the royal family as France approaches civil war? And more important, will she be able to fulfill the demands of powerful revolutionaries who ask that she make the death masks of beheaded aristocrats, some of whom she knows?

Spanning five years, from the budding revolution to the Reign of Terror, Madame Tussaud brings us into the world of an incredible heroine whose talent for wax modeling saved her life and preserved the faces of a vanished kingdom."

The Rules:
1. Open to EVERYONE (for clarification, this means international, but no shipping to space stations or TARDI), just because you haven't been following me all along doesn't mean you don't matter, you just get more entries if you prove you love me by following.

2. Please make sure I have a way to contact you if your name is drawn, either your blogger profile or a link to your website/blog or you could even include your email address with your comment(s) or email me.

3. Contest ends Tuesday, February 22nd at 11:59PM CST (per Michelle's publisher's request, and also so you can lust after the book on the shelves and then run home and enter the giveaway.)

4. How to enter: Just comment in the space below!

5. And for those addicted to getting extra entries:

+1 for answering the question: If you could live in any time period, what period would you choose? Regency England, Pre-Revolutionary France? Remember you're living there, not visiting, so that makes a huge difference.

+2 for becoming a follower

+10 if you are already a follower

+10 for each time you advertise this contest - blog post, sidebar, twitter (please @MzLizard), etc. (but you only get credit for the first post, so tweet all you like, and I thank you for it, but you'll only get the +10 once). Also please leave a link!

Good luck!