Acclaimed author of biographical and historical fiction Irving Stone turns his magnificent talent to telling America's most colorful and exciting story--the opening of the Far West.Men to Match My Mountains is a true historical masterpiece, an unforgettable pageant of giants--men like John Sutter, whose dream of paradise was shattered by the California Gold Rush; Brigham Young and the Mormons, who tamed the desert with Bible texts; and the silver kings and the miners, who developed Nevada's Comstock Lode and settled the Rockies. America called for greatness...and got...
Acclaimed author of biographical and historical fiction Irving Stone turns his magnificent talent to telling America's most colorful and exciting s...
-A story of excruciating power.---The New York Times The classic, bestselling biographical novel of Vincent Van Gogh Since its initial publication in 1934, Irving Stone's Lust for Life has been a critical success, a multimillion-copy bestseller, and the basis for an Academy Award-winning movie. The most famous of all of Stone's novels, it is the story of Vincent Van Gogh--brilliant painter, passionate lover, and alleged madman. Here is his tempestuous story: his dramatic life, his fevered loves for both the highest-born women and the lowest...
-A story of excruciating power.---The New York Times The classic, bestselling biographical novel of Vincent Van Gogh Si...
"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...
"Written from the heart and without restraint, alive."--The New York Times
Vincent van Gogh, the great but tormented artis...
A biographical novel of Michelangelo. Michelangelo Buonarotti lived in the time of the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring popes, the powerful Medici family, and the fanatic monk Savonarola. Working with a God-driven fury he created David, painted the Sistine ceiling, and was the architect of the dome of St Peter's.
A biographical novel of Michelangelo. Michelangelo Buonarotti lived in the time of the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring ...
Ein Meister der romanhaften Biographie entwirft hier nach zuverlässigen Quellen das Bild eines Lebens, das in allen seinen Phasen von flammender Leidenschaft geprägt war. Engagiert, mit feinstem Gespür für das psychologische Detail lässt er die faszinierende Persönlichkeit des genialen Malers und die Tragik des Menschen van Gogh lebendig werden. Das Buch wurde mit großem Erfolg verfilmt.
Ein Meister der romanhaften Biographie entwirft hier nach zuverlässigen Quellen das Bild eines Lebens, das in allen seinen Phasen von flammender Leid...
