Irving Stone's powerful and passionate biographical novel of Michelangelo.His timeThe turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring popes, the all-powerful Medici family, the fanatic monk Savonarola.His lovesThe 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 geniusA God-driven fury from which he wrested the greatest art the world has ever known.