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001 2009009750
003 DLC
005 20150922075414.0
008 090305s2009 nyuabf b 001 0beng
010 $a 2009009750
020 $a9780385523790 (alk. paper)
020 $a0385523793 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn310399779
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050 00 $aND673.R9$bL25 2009
082 00 $a759.9493$aB$222
100 1 $aLamster, Mark,$d1969-
245 10 $aMaster of shadows :$bthe secret diplomatic career of the painter Peter Paul Rubens /$cMark Lamster.
246 30 $aSecret diplomatic career of the painter Peter Paul Rubens
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bNan A Talese/Doubleday,$cc2009.
300 $axvi, 316 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. (chiefly col.), maps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aAuthor'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.
520 $aThe true story of how seventeenth-century Europe's most famous painter doubled as a secret agent and negotiated a peace between superpowers.
600 10 $aRubens, Peter Paul,$d1577-1640.
650 0 $aPainters$zBelgium$vBiography.
650 0 $aDiplomats$zBelgium$vBiography.