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100 1 _aLamster, Mark,
_d1969-
245 1 0 _aMaster of shadows :
_bthe secret diplomatic career of the painter Peter Paul Rubens /
_cMark Lamster.
246 3 0 _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 1 0 _aRubens, Peter Paul,
_cSir,
_d1577-1640.
650 0 _aPainters
_zBelgium
_vBiography.
650 0 _aDiplomats
_zBelgium
_vBiography.
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