Standalone Novels In Publication Order
- Lust for Life (1934)
- Adversary in the House (1947)
- Clarence Darrow for the Defence (1949)
- Immortal Wife (1950)
- The Passionate Journey (1950)
- The President’s Lady (1952)
- Love Is Eternal (1955)
- The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961)
- Those Who Love (1966)
- The Passions of the Mind (1971)
- The Greek Treasure (1975)
- The Origin (1980)
- Depths of Glory (1985)
Short Story Collections In Publication Order
- The Irving Stone Reader (1971)
Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order
- Sailor on Horseback (1938)
- Earl Warren (1948)
- Men to Match My Mountains (1956)
- Dear Theo (1958)
- Drawings of Michaelangelo (1960)
- They Also Ran (1966)
- There Was Light (1970)
- Mary Todd Lincoln, A Final Judgement? (1973)
- From Mud-Flat Cove to Gold to Statehood: California, 1840-1850 (1999)
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Lust for Life
No artist has been more ruthlessly driven by his creative urge, nor more isolated by it from most ordinary sources of human happiness, than Vincent Van Gogh. A painter of genius, his life was an incessant struggle against poverty, discouragement, madness and despair. Lust for Life skilfully captures the exciting atmosphere of the Paris of the Post Impressionists and reconstructs with great insight the development of Van Gogh’s art. The painter is brought to life not only as an artist but as a personality and this account of his violent, vivid and tormented life is a novel of rare compassion and vitality.
The President’s Lady
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
The Agony and the Ecstasy
This is Irving Stone’s powerful and passionate biographical novel of Michelangelo. His time: the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring popes, the all powerful Medici family, the fanatic monk Savonarola. 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 Vittoria Colonna. His genius: a God driven fury from which he wrested the greatest art the world has ever known. Michelangelo Buonarotti, creator of ‘David’, painter of the Sistine ceiling, architect of the dome of St Peter’s, lives once more in the tempestuous, powerful pages of Irving Stone’s marvellous book.
The Greek Treasure
A magnificent biographical novel of Henry and Sophia Schlieman the epic of a man and woman, their shining love for each other, and how, together, they broke throught every barrier to turn an incredible dream into an immortal triumph.
The Origin
Darwin, the discoverer, did not mean to rock the world. He meant only to know the truth. But before he was done, Charles Darwin would shake the faith of centuries…
would be reviled as a fiend, denounced as a madman and finally hailed as a genius. His long time love affair and marriage to his cousin Emma Wedgewood Darwin, is one of the most delightful and fulfilling romances that history affords. His life was a storm swept voyage of discovery from the moment when as a raw youth he set sail on a five year journey around the entire globe to his final years and epochal explorations into the ultimate mystery of human origins. Now Charles Darwin is brought to life in a superlative novel that captures not only the man himself but the Victorian age that produced him. These pages reveal the drama and passion of a human being struggling with doubts and fears, beset by the prejudices of his era and by unguessed at dangers.
Depths of Glory
A fictional biography of Camille Pissarro, a central figure of the Impressionist movement. It explores the artist’s relationship with other great painters of the time, including Degas, Monet, Manet, Renoir, Cezanne and Van Gogh. By the author of ‘Lust for Life’ and ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy’.
Men to Match My Mountains
Stone has created an interwoven pageant of stories of the great westward drive which, in a few rousing decades, settled a continent and gave the United States dimensions of which its founders hardly dreamed.
Dear Theo
Van Gogh’s brother Theo was his confidant and companion, and, in his letters to him, Van Gogh reveals himself as artist and man. Even more than if he had purposely intended to tell his life story, Van Gogh’s letters lay bare his deepest feelings, as well as his everyday concerns and his views of the world of art.
They Also Ran
Does the better man always win? Would we have annexed Canada, avoided the Civil War and World War II if other presidents had been elected? What opportunities were lost, and what tragedies were averted, when people made their choice at the polls?
From Mud-Flat Cove to Gold to Statehood: California, 1840-1850
Documenting the people, events, and milestones that forged the nation’s most populous state, this dynamic examination provides a full history of California s founding. From the stories of great men such as John Sutter, John Bidwell, Samuel Brannan, Thomas O. Larkin, the Revered Walter Colton, and John Charles Fremont to the terrible tragedy of the Donner Party and the rapid gold fever that transformed a sleepy trickle of immigration into the torrent of the Gold Rush, this record follows the Mexicans, Californios, and Americans as they vied for control of the territory destined to become the Union s 31st state.
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