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.