TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lamster,Mark
TI  - Master of shadows: the secret diplomatic career of the painter Peter Paul Rubens 
SN  - 9780385523790 (alk. paper)
AV  - ND673.R9 L25 2009
U1  - 759.9493B 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Nan A Talese/Doubleday
KW  - Rubens, Peter Paul,
KW  - Painters
KW  - Belgium
KW  - Biography
KW  - Diplomats
N1  - 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
N2  - The true story of how seventeenth-century Europe's most famous painter doubled as a secret agent and negotiated a peace between superpowers
ER  -