The Book of Eve: A beguiling historical feminist tale – inspired by the undeciphered Voynich manuscript

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Beautifully written in a face-paced and intensely visual style, rich in classical allusion, this is a thrilling feminist response to Dark Academe. God said to Adam, "I have ordained days and years for this land, and you and your descendants will live on in it, until the time is fulfilled for me to send the Word that created you, and against which you have sinned, the Word that made you leave the garden and that lifted you when you had fallen.

So then had God pity on them when he saw them fallen in front of the gate of the garden, and he sent his Word to father Adam and Eve, and lifted them from their fallen state. Eve is an endless source of dinner-party trivia, much of it inappropriate for actual dinner parties…. The story follows our protagonist, Beatrice, as she begins to unleash the magic of the strange book and question the restrictive society in which women are viewed as embodiments of sin. At times it felt almost claustrophobic as the intensity and stakes rose for the characters and I found myself desperate to get to the next page. A fascinating read for any fans of historical fiction, magical realism, intrigue and mystery, dealing with themes of female power, patriarchal religion and the power of books.The Book of Eve features Sister Beatrice, the covent's librarian, who prefers to be with her books and manuscripts than people, even her sisters of the convent. Following the phenomenal international success of Big Panda and Tiny Dragon and The Journey, James Norbury’s latest book introduces readers to a very special cat on a remarkable adventure. The Second Books of Adam and Eve is an account of the history of the patriarchs who lived before the Flood.

Vividly drawn characters and a totally transporting setting with timely undertones , like The Handmaid's Tale meets The Devil and the Dark Water . It really picks up on a secret world, and as a woman who is not known for following rules it feels that the book ending up in her possession was meant to be. A page-turning whistle-stop tour of mammalian development that begins in the Jurassic Era, Eve recasts the traditional story of evolutionary biology by placing women at its center .a sobering reminder that wherever technology promises to improve women's lives, there also exists a threat that someone, somewhere, will attempt to co-opt it to control their bodies instead. Sin embargo, todo empieza a truncarse cuando aparece un hombre del Padre que busca a las dos mujeres y el libro. Men of the faith are hunting this blasphemous item, convinced it has been crafted from sin itself made tangible to lead those who listen to its siren song to nothing but ruin, and a zealous preacher has tracked it to her door. Do not take away his life this time, but let him live so that he may stand after he repents, and do your will, as he did before his death.