The Agony and the Ecstasy

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.