Master of Shadows: The Secret Diplomatic Career of the Painter Peter Paul Rubens
by Lamster, Mark
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385523793
- ISBN 13
- 9780385523790
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday; Nan A. Talese, 2009. xvi, 316 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations (chiefly colour), maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "The true story of how seventeenth-century Europe's most famous painter doubled as a secret agent and negotiated a peace between superpowers." - Publisher. 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.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.
Synopsis
Mark Lamster writes on the arts and culture for many publications, including The New York Times , the Los Angeles Times , and the Wall Street Journal. His first book, Spalding’s World Tour , was an Editor’s Choice selection of The New York Times Book Review. He lives in New York City.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 104408
- Title
- Master of Shadows: The Secret Diplomatic Career of the Painter Peter Paul Rubens
- Author
- Lamster, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0385523793
- ISBN 13
- 9780385523790
- Publisher
- Doubleday; Nan A. Talese
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- COLLECTIBLE
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; European / 5. Baroque & Rococo; European / Dutch & Flemish;
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