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The Agony and the ecstasy

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A biographical novel of Michelangelo Buonarotti, creator of David, painter of the Sistine ceiling and architect of the dome of St Peter's; it is set in renaissance Italy, a time of poisoning princes, warring popes and the all-powerful de'Medici family and tells of Michelangelo's loves and art.

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The Agony and the ecstasy, Irving Stone

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English
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Fontana
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Paperback
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1961
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The Agony and The Ecstasy
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A biographical novel of Michelangelo Buonarotti, creator of David, painter of the Sistine ceiling and architect of the dome of St Peter's; it is set in renaissance Italy, a time of poisoning princes, warring popes and the all-powerful de'Medici family and tells of Michelangelo's loves and art.