Raphael, Painter in Rome: A Novel

Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling is one of the most iconic masterpieces of the Renaissance.

Here, in Raphael, Painter in Rome, Storey tells of its creation as never before: through the eyes of Michelangelo's fiercest rival - the young, beautiful, brilliant painter of perfection, Raphael.

Orphaned at age 11, Raphael is determined to keep the deathbed promise he made to his father: become the greatest artist in history.

But to be the best, he must beat the best, the legendary sculptor of the David, Michelangelo Buonarroti.