Most Popular Books by Irving Stone

Fictional version of the life of the painter, Van Gogh.

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.

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.

A biographical novel about Sigmund Freud, the founder of modern psychoanalysis, which details his life, marriage, teachers, colleagues, and patients.

"First edition." "Sources": pages 521-544. "Selected bibliography": p. 545-548.

Two hundred years ago, Tennessee was the Wild West and the law was frequently determined by intimidation. Set against such a background, the story of Rachel and Andrew Jackson is one of the greatest love stories of American history.

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.

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

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.