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It's 1559. A female painter is given the honor of traveling to Michelangelo's Roman workshop to study from the Maestro himself. Only men are allowed to bring the naked amount, so she can merely monitor from afar the lush artwork that Michelangelo sculpts and paints from life. Sheltered yet gifted with astonishing expertise, she yearns to fully capture everything that life and beauty in her own skill. But after a scandal relating one of Michelangelo's students, she flees Rome and fears she's doomed herself and her family.
The Creation of Eve is a riveting book based on the true but little- known history of Sofonisba Anguissola, the first renowned woman musician of the Renaissance. After Sofi's airfare from Rome, her family eagerly allows an invitation from fearsome Ruler Felipe II of Spain for her to be lady-in-waiting and painting trainer to his young bride. The Spanish court docket is a nest of intrigue and gossip, where a whiff of impropriety may bring ruin. Hopelessly destined by the rules and limitations of her position, Sofi yearns only to paint. Yet the young Queen needs Sofi's help in other things- inexperiences as she is, the Queen not only does not get the King's eyesight, but she does not give him an heir, both which are crimes that could result in her banishment. Sofi courses her in how best to win the heart of the Ruler, but the Queen is too young, and too charming, to be satisfied. Soon, Sofi becomes embroiled in a love triangle relating to the Queen, the Ruler, and the King's illegitimate 50 percent sibling, Don Juan. And if the criminal offense of displeasing the Ruler is banishment, the criminal offense of cuckolding him must surely be loss of life.
Combining skill, drama, and record from the Golden Age group of Spain, The Creation of Eve is an expansive, original, and addictively amusing book that asks the question: Can you ever truly know another person's heart?
