The Ambassador's Secret: Holbein and the World of the Renaissance

"John North is...encyclopedically knowledgeable about the scientific, philosophical, religious, mystical, political and social background of the early sixteenth-century world from which the painting springs...and the detail of his researches is fascinating....North has given us a tantalising, well-written, absorbing account of much Renaissance thought and science--and a completely unconvincing answer to an interesting mystery.John North is the author of 'The Ambassador's Secret: Holbein and the World of the Renaissance' with ISBN 9781852853303 and ISBN 1852853301.