Best Selling Books by Irving Stone

“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 prostitutes, and his paintings—for which he was damned before being proclaimed a genius. The novel takes us from his desperate days in a coal mine in southern Belgium to his dazzling years in the south of France, where he knew the most brilliant artists (and the most depraved whores). Finally, it shows us Van Gogh driven mad, tragic, and triumphant at once. No other novel of a great man’s life has so fascinated the American public for generations.

Camille Pissarro was a brilliant, prolific painter and a father of the Impressionist movement. His struggle to be seen and survive the rejection of the art establishment is set against nineteenth-century Europe.

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.

Our most acclaimed author of biographical and historical fiction has turned 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 it. There is nothing else in history to match the stories of these men who braved a wilderness to bring a new nation to the shores of the Pacific. Book jacket.

While it is a fictionalized account of the relationship between Abigail and John Adams, it has been thoroughly researched and is accurate as far as the events in there are concerned. John and Abigail Adams were true partners in life. Their letters to one another showed that John considered Abigail not his wife, but his best friend, his intellectual equal and his greatest confidante. The book starts with the meeting of Abigail and John and their courtship in spite of her mother''s initial disapproval. It centers mostly on Abigail who had the burden of making it all work while her husband pursued his political ambitions. They spent long periods of time apart while John was serving in Congress or in Europe. Quite often she had to do her best to make ends meet while John was not paid or belatedly paid by the government for his work.

Biography of Jack London, originally published in 1938 as "Sailor on horseback".

A biographical novel of John Noble, Kansas born artist (1874-1934) whose career took him to France, England and New York, in his relentless search for beauty.

A fictional account of rakish Jack London''s life.

Florencia, 1488. Hijo de una familia acomodada, Michelangelo tiene trece años cuando ingresa en el taller del maestro Ghirlandaio. A su padre siempre le había disgustado esa pasión por la pintura ya que deseaba para su hijo una carrera más lucrativa. Pero impresionado por la genialidad de Michelangelo, su maestro, en lugar de cobrarle, pagará al padre para que le deje enseñar al muchacho y conseguirá así vencer la inicial reticencia del hombre. De este modo empieza la trayectoria de uno de los más grandes artistas de todos los tiempos.Gracias a una minuciosa recreación histórica, la narración nos conduce hasta la Italia del Renacimiento. Todo el esplendor y el dramatismo de una época clave para la cultura humana enmarcan este fascinante retrato de uno de los artistas más geniales de todos los tiempos.Autor de memorables biografías noveladas de personajes famosos, Irving Stone nos deleita esta vez con la vida de Miguel Ángel Buonarotti, el inmortal creador de Moisés y de David, pintor de la Capilla Sixtina, y arquitecto de la basílica de San Pedro.

In this acclaimed biographical novel, Irving Stone brings to life the tender and poignant love story of Rachel and Andrew Jackson. "Beyond any doubt one of the great romances of all time." -- The Saturday Review of Literature