The Agony And The Ecstasy

The Agony And The Ecstasy PDF Author: Irving Stone
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473505704
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 787

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Irving Stone's powerful and passionate biographical novel of Michelangelo. His time: the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring popes, the all-powerful Medici family, the fanatic monk Savonarola. 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. His genius: a God-driven fury from which he wrested the greatest art the world has ever known. 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.

The Irving Stone Reader

The Irving Stone Reader PDF Author: Irving Stone
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biographical fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 876

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The Agony And The Ecstasy

The Agony And The Ecstasy PDF Author: Irving Stone
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473505704
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 787

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Book Description
Irving Stone's powerful and passionate biographical novel of Michelangelo. His time: the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring popes, the all-powerful Medici family, the fanatic monk Savonarola. 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. His genius: a God-driven fury from which he wrested the greatest art the world has ever known. 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.

Depths of Glory

Depths of Glory PDF Author: Irving Stone
Publisher: N A L Trade
ISBN: 9780452275010
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 614

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A fictional profile of the painter traces his life and career at the center of a circle of artists who founded Impressionism

Clarence Darrow for the Defense

Clarence Darrow for the Defense PDF Author: Irving Stone
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 592

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Life of the great criminal lawyer.

The Highly Unreliable Account of the History of a Madhouse

The Highly Unreliable Account of the History of a Madhouse PDF Author: Ayfer Tunc
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912545070
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372

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The novel opens in a provincial mental health hospital on the morning of the 14th February 2007 and comes to a cataclysmic end several hours later Lacklustre guest speaker ('Love: Self-sacrifice? Or Self-preservation?') Ülkü Birinci fails to impress the Medical Director, whose plans to write the history of the hospital are destined to remain stillborn. Town elder Türkan, retired judge and staunch Kemalist, leaves him gaping at her photographic archive, grasp of new media, research methods and sheer intelligence. As this literary palimpsest unfolds, the reader travels through time and space, to 1875 and back again, between the Caucasus, Ottoman and Republican Turkey, Europe and the USA, through wars, reform, riots, and coups d'état.

The Origin

The Origin PDF Author: Irving Stone
Publisher: Corgi
ISBN: 9780552119207
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 815

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Lust For Life

Lust For Life PDF Author: Irving Stone
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407097644
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 614

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Lust for Life is the classic fictional re-telling of the incredible life of Vincent Van Gogh. “Vincent is not dead. He will never die. His love, his genius, the great beauty he has created will go on forever, enriching the world... He was a colossus... a great painter... a great philosopher... a martyr to his love of art. “ Walking down the streets of Paris the young Vincent Van Gogh didn’t feel like he belonged. Battling poverty, repeated heartbreak and familial obligation, Van Gogh was a man plagued by his own creative urge but with no outlet to express it. Until the day he picked up a paintbrush. Written with raw insight and emotion, follow the artist through his tormented life, struggling against critical discouragement and mental turmoil and bare witness to his creative journey from a struggling artist to one of the world’s most celebrated artists.

Sailor on Horseback

Sailor on Horseback PDF Author: Irving Stone
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781404750968
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Immortal Wife

Immortal Wife PDF Author: Irving Stone
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Those who love

Those who love PDF Author: Irving Stone
Publisher: Signet Book
ISBN: 9780451069825
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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