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The Agony and the Ecstasy
By Irving Stone
Fiction, General, Historical, Literary | 784 pages
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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.
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Claire Baxter
"I read this book before and during my first trip to Italy and it really enhanced the experience and bought the Renaissance alive for me. Having a better understanding of what Michelangelo went through creating David and the Sistine Chapel made me appreciate those sites so much more. I also better understood that period of history in Florence and could picture events that had happened there as I roamed around."
