The Agony and The Ecstasy

Zusatztext Irving Stone's towering triumph 'The Agony And The Ecstasy' is the passionatebiographical novel of Michelangelo! his time! his loves! and his genius. Informationen zum Autor Irving Stone was born in San Francisco in 1903 and received his B. A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1923 and his Master's degree from the University of Southern California in 1924. He wrote plays and supported himself by writing detective stories until the publication of Lust for Life, his first novel, in 1934, Stone called his work 'bio-history' and based his novels on meticulous and extensive research into the lives of the historical characters at the heart of his novels. He married his editor, Jean Factor, in 1934. He founded the Academy of American Poets in 1962. He died in Los Angeles in 1989. Klappentext New cover edition. Zusammenfassung 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;

Product details

• Authors: Irving Stone
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1990
• EAN: 9780099416272
• ISBN: 978-0-09-941627-2
• No. of pages: 784
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 178 mm x 34 mm
• Series: Arrow Books; Mandarin Paperbacks; Mandarin Paperbacks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Rome, florence, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599