The Agony and the Ecstasy
Author: Irving Stone
Pages: 784
Language: English
Published: 2001-06-15
ISBN: 9780099416272
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Irving Stone's powerful and passionate biographical novel of Michelangelo.<br> <br> His time- the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring popes, the all-powerful Medici family, the fanatic monk Savonarola.<br> <br> His loves- the frail and lovely daughter of Lorenzo de Medici; the ardent mistress of Marco Aldovrandi; and his last love - his greatest love - the beautiful, unhappy Vittoria Colonna.<br> <br> His genius- a God-driven fury from which he wrested the greatest art the world has ever known.<br> <br> Michelangelo Buonarotti, creator of David, painter of the Sistine ceiling, architect of the dome of St Peter's, lives once more in the tempestuous, powerful pages of Irving Stone's marvellous book.
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