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Master of shadows : the secret diplomatic career of the painter Peter Paul Rubens
Author
Title
Master of shadows : the secret diplomatic career of the painter Peter Paul Rubens / Mark Lamster.
ISBN
9780385523790 (alk. paper)
0385523793 (alk. paper)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : Nan A Talese/Doubleday, c2009.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
The true story of how seventeenth-century Europe's most famous painter doubled as a secret agent and negotiated a peace between superpowers.
Variant and related titles
Secret diplomatic career of the painter Peter Paul Rubens
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-305) and index.
Contents
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.
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