THE CREATION OF EVE (THE BLACK LEGEND)

Book ID/图书代码： 04332808B24405

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Chinese Summary/中文概要： 此書的主人翁是鮮為人知的文藝復興時期的傑出女畫家蘇菲妮絲芭‧安桂索菈(Sofonisba Anguissola, c.1532-1625)，她的自畫像十分傑出，畫中的她總是有著堅定而自信的眼神注視著觀賞者。Lynn Cullen透過這位傑出女性與藝術家的眼光描寫該時期西班牙皇室的故事，
優秀的蘇菲當時獲准進入米開朗基羅在羅馬的工作室，接受米開朗基羅的指導。當時只有男性才得以繪製裸體畫，蘇菲只能觀察米開朗基羅的雕塑與繪畫。她不凡的天份受到米開朗基羅的肯定，卻因為陷入另一個學生的醜聞中，被迫離開羅馬。
她的家族將她送到當時叱吒風雲的西班牙皇室，成為菲利普國王新的第三任妻子的宮廷侍女。被眾多規距與限制所束縛的蘇非只能寄情於繪畫。14歲的皇后，不了解當時充滿陷阱與流言的政治與皇室生存之道，蘇菲成為皇后最好的朋友，教導這位天真浪漫的皇后該如何贏的國王歡心。但皇后實在是太年輕與太浪漫了實在無法對這樣的生活感到滿足。很快蘇菲被牽扯入皇后、菲利普國王與國王之胞弟唐璜（Don Juan）--西班牙傳奇情聖--的愛情三角習題中~
如同Sarah Dunant的《維納斯的誕生》以及菲力帕‧葛列格里(Philippa Gregory)的《美人心機The Other Boleyn Girl》般的傑作~

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Awards/获奖情况：Putnam出版社高價買下作者兩本書版權，今年三月即將隆重推出
首印量7萬5千本
媲美Sarah Dunant的《維納斯的誕生》以及菲力帕‧葛列格里(Philippa Gregory)的《美人心機The Other Boleyn Girl》般的傑作
《大象的眼淚》暢銷作者莎拉‧格魯恩( Sara Gruen )、美國知名歷史小說家Stephanie Cowell等知名作者盛情推薦

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Spanish-- Ediciones B

Review
"To read The Creation of Eve is to experience that wholly delicious bookish pleasure of total immersion. Sofonisba Anguissola, an Italian painter, is sent to Spain as portraitist to Elisabeth de Valois and there, amid the baroque intricacy of court politics, rivalry, and romantic intrigue, she struggles to carve out her role-and her legacy-as one of the most admired painters of her day. I found this novel about the quest for fulfillment in art and love enormously satisfying and I’m grateful to Cullen for the pleasures of such a splendid read." ---暢銷作者莎拉‧格魯恩( Sara Gruen )，著有《大象的眼淚》(Water for Elephants)等書

"What a marvelous, rich and compelling novel! Lynn Cullen draws an astonishingly vivid world of a gifted woman artist who has studied with Michelangelo and the young unhappy Queen of Spain whom she serves in that turbulent 16th century court. Each woman suffers for a love she cannot have in a time when women were powerless; drawn further into the young Queen’s secrets, the artist will risk everything to help her. Turn and find yourself in the 16th century. I was unable to put the novel down and lived in its world."---美國知名歷史小說家Stephanie Cowell，暢銷書籍《Marrying Mozart》作者

"Through the keen eye of a painter trained in observation, we are drawn into the rarefied and restricted life of a queen and a court bristling with intrigue, jealousy, misplaced love, escape and escapade---what could be more tantalizing? With rich visual description, Lynn Cullen secures her place in the tradition of regal historical fiction."---美國作家作家芙利蘭（Susan Vreeland），《穿風信子蘭的少女》(Luncheon of the Boating Party) 作者

"The Creation of Eve is above all the gorgeously written, beautifully structured story of Sofonisba Anguissola, an Italian Renaissance painter who happened to be both great and female. She is the staunchly intelligent narrator of Lynn Cullen’s complex, meticulously researched portrayal of the Court of Spain in the 1560’s, and a true heroine in her own right. This novel is a juicy plum from start to finish." ---知名作者凱特．克里斯滕森（Kate Christensen）, author of The Great man and The Epicure’s Lament

About the Author/作者介绍： Lynn Cullen著有多本青少年小說與童書，其中《I Am Rembrandt’s Daughter》被美國圖書館協會選為2008年「最佳書籍」（An ALA Best Book）。

Format:电子手稿

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)

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