Depths of Glory

Irving Stone’s spotlight falls on one of the most brilliant and important figures in the history of art – Camille Pissarro, father of the Impressionist Movement.

From a childhood in the West Indies, through a forbidden marriage to the household maid and a life of considerable hardship, Pissarro never deviated from his commitment to his art. An art which condemned him and his Impressionist colleagues to years of neglect, poverty and misunderstanding. Yet what a group they were Manet, Dégas, Van Gogh, Mary Cassatt, Renoir, Cézanne, Berthe Morisot and other giants of art all have their place in Irving Stone’s vast and marvellously detailed narrative canvas.

Depths of Glory pursues the absorbing story of one man’s indomitable courage and, without losing any of the authenticity of his life’s story, turns the dramatic events into a rich vivid, and classic novel.