Irving Stone Libri

"I miei lineamenti non sono ben disegnati", pensò il fanciullo tredicenne, immerso in una seria concentrazione. "La testa è sproporzionata, con la fronte che sopravanza la bocca e il mento. Qualcuno avrebbe dovuto usare un filo di piombo." Così comincia la biografia romanzata del grande Michelangelo, la storia della sua vita tormentata e burrascosa, segnata da sofferenze e umiliazioni ma anche da grandi trionfi. Il suo amore per Vittoria Colonna, la sua passione per il marmo, il tormento di fronte al blocco informe, l'estasi per la vita infusagli. Il Davide, la Pietà, il Mosè, la Cappella Medicea, la volta della Sistina e il Giudizio universale, la Basilica di San Pietro, la Pietà Rondanini.

A magnificent biographical novel of Henry and Sophia Schlieman- the epic of a man and woman, their shining love for each other, and how, together, they broke throught every barrier to turn an incredible dream into an immortal triumph.

The story of Vincent Van Gogh, this narrative stands out as one of the most revealing and moving autobiographies of all time. Stone has collected Van Gogh's personal letters to his beloved brother Theo, and the result is a vivid self-portrait in words equal in intensity to his paintings.

A biography of Mary Todd Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln

Three Lust for Life, The President's Lady, and The Agony and the Ecstasy.

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.

“Written from the heart and without restraint, alive.”—The New York Times Vincent van Gogh, the great but tormented artist, bared his tortured yet ecstatic soul in his letters to his confidant and companion, his beloved brother Theo. These letters reveal the man behind such masterpieces as The Starry Night and The Bedroom—a desperate man whose quest for love became a flight into madness and for whom every day was a “fight for life.” Irving Stone, acclaimed author of Lust for Life and other remarkable biographic novels, has collected Vincent van Gogh’s fascinating letters to Theo. Here we see the great artist as a human being as well as a man with an appointment with destiny. Van Gogh is a man struggling with doubts and fears, beset by poverty and mental illness, but also a painter who dares to break all the rules of academic art to create priceless masterpieces never honored during his lifetime. He was part of the coterie of great artists of his day while as the same time an intimate of aging streetwalkers. These letters are outpourings of his soul that paint a vibrant self-portrait in words equal to the intensity and emotion his painting created. This is the personal story of a legend.

Details the life of Charles Darwin from his notable trip as a naturalist on the Beagle through his mature career as a widely respected but still controversial scientist.