The Creation Of Eve

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

The First Notebook

The Second Notebook

The Third Notebook

Author's Note

Acknowledgements

Artworks Mentioned in The Creation of Eve

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Cullen, Lynn.
The creation of Eve / Lynn Cullen.
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1. Anguissola, Sofonisba, ca. 1532/33-1625--Fiction. 2. Women painters--
Italy--Fiction. 3. Elisabeth de Valois, Queen, consort of Philip II, King of Spain,
1544 -1568--Fiction. 4. Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598--Fiction.
5. Spain--History--Philip II, 1556-1598--Fiction. I. Title.
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