The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo by Irving Stone Evie and the Strawberry Balloon Ride and an essential piece of

and an essential piece of any Tolkien reader's library

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The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo by Irving Stone Evie and the Strawberry Balloon Ride and an essential piece ofIrving Stone's classic biographical novel of Michelangelo the #1 New York Times bestseller in which both the artist and the man are brought to vivid, captivating life. His time the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring Popes, and the all powerful de'Medici family 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