Hans Holbein: Portrait of an Unknown Man
by Derek Wilson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine Condition/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 029781561X
- ISBN 13
- 9780297815617
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Newhaven, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1996. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. Clean unmarked pages, slight creasing to jacket edges. A tidy, well-kept copy. Hans Holbein the Younger was a leading figure of the Northern Renaissance, who continues to exercise an enormous influence in our understanding of the mid-Tudor age, but who was also a member of Thomas Cromwell's intelligence service. This is his biography. Moving from the Low Countries, to Switzerland, to England, this book sets Holbein in the context of his turbulent age. We watch Holbein's rise from an uneventful life in the bourgeoisie to the echelons of power and a life of covert diplomacy in a bitterly-divided Europe. The book also provides a picture of Renaissance espionage. In parallel to the machinations of power, the book investigates the intricate puzzles that so delighted the Renaissance mind; Holbein's symbols and iconography contain codes, cyphers and hidden messages, some simply intellectual games, others of vital importance to Cromwell's purposes. Illustrated. 448 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9780297815617. Inventory No: dscf9929. . 9780297815617
Synopsis
Derek Wilson is a leading biographer and the author of several critically acclaimed and bestselling books including The Astors ; Hans Holbein ; and more recently, The King and the Gentleman , about Charles Stuart and Oliver Cromwell.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Denton Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- dscf9929
- Title
- Hans Holbein: Portrait of an Unknown Man
- Author
- Derek Wilson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 029781561X
- ISBN 13
- 9780297815617
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- BZDB229 Biography & Autobiography; Hans Holbein Portrait of an Unknown Man Derek Wilson
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