Master of shadows : the secret diplomatic career of the painter Peter Paul Rubens /
Lamster, Mark, 1969-
Master of shadows : the secret diplomatic career of the painter Peter Paul Rubens / Secret diplomatic career of the painter Peter Paul Rubens Mark Lamster. - 1st ed. - New York : Nan A Talese/Doubleday, c2009. - xvi, 316 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author's note -- Prologue -- A novice without experience -- Every man for himself -- The prince of painters -- A good patriot -- Thunder without lightning -- More useful than injurious -- The connecting knot -- The horrors of war -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Cast of characters -- Chronology -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Illustration credits -- Index.
The true story of how seventeenth-century Europe's most famous painter doubled as a secret agent and negotiated a peace between superpowers.
9780385523790 (alk. paper) 0385523793 (alk. paper)
2009009750
Rubens, Peter Paul, Sir, 1577-1640.
Painters--Belgium--Biography.
Diplomats--Belgium--Biography.
ND673.R9 / L25 2009
759.9493 B
Master of shadows : the secret diplomatic career of the painter Peter Paul Rubens / Secret diplomatic career of the painter Peter Paul Rubens Mark Lamster. - 1st ed. - New York : Nan A Talese/Doubleday, c2009. - xvi, 316 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author's note -- Prologue -- A novice without experience -- Every man for himself -- The prince of painters -- A good patriot -- Thunder without lightning -- More useful than injurious -- The connecting knot -- The horrors of war -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Cast of characters -- Chronology -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Illustration credits -- Index.
The true story of how seventeenth-century Europe's most famous painter doubled as a secret agent and negotiated a peace between superpowers.
9780385523790 (alk. paper) 0385523793 (alk. paper)
2009009750
Rubens, Peter Paul, Sir, 1577-1640.
Painters--Belgium--Biography.
Diplomats--Belgium--Biography.
ND673.R9 / L25 2009
759.9493 B