{"product_id":"artists-authors-a-life-in-good-company-hardcover","title":"Artists \u0026 Authors: A Life in Good Company - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Scribner III\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoin a literary insider for a behind-the-scenes tour of art heists, opera icons, and the golden age of publishing.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eScribners: Five Generations in Publishing\u003c\/i\u003e comes this new collection of personal essays reflecting on the past fifty years of his pursuits and passions in literature, art, and music. Beginning with a memoir of his father's tutelage through letters to a young son away at school, it moves along to his \"dual professions\" on parallel tracks--book publishing and art history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBehind-the-scenes stories of famous Scribner authors F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Thomas Wolfe give way to the section on Scribner's forte, the art of the Baroque masters: a murderous Caravaggio and the two tycoons Rubens and Bernini. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom his role in a sting operation to recover a stolen Rubens painting on Miami Beach to his personal profiles of three luminous sopranos--Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Frederica von Stade, and Mary Costa--Scribner shares a fascinating peek into the life and loves of a Renaissance man.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Scribner III\u003c\/b\u003e received his PhD in art history from Princeton University in 1977. He taught Baroque art in Princeton's department of Art and Archaeology, where he later served on its advisory council, and joined his father at the family publishing house, Charles Scribner's Sons. With Talleyrand as his model, he remained at Scribners through three changes in ownership (Macmillan, Maxwell, and Viacom), overseeing the publication of its literary classics. He was a commentator for television documentaries on Edith Wharton (BBC\/PBS), Fitzgerald and Hemingway (A\u0026amp;E Biography). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs an art historian, Scribner has lectured on Baroque art at universities and museums--the Metropolitan, National Gallery, Getty, Frick, and Morgan Library. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Triumph of the Eucharist: Tapestries by Rubens\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), \u003ci\u003eRubens\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), \u003ci\u003eBernini \u003c\/i\u003e(1991), \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow of God \u003c\/i\u003e(2006), \u003ci\u003eHome by Another Route\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), \u003ci\u003eSacred Muse\u003c\/i\u003e (2023), and \u003ci\u003eScribners\u003c\/i\u003e (2023). His favorite assignment was an undercover operation for U.S. Customs special agents in Miami Beach in 1991 to trap art thieves and recover a stolen Rubens oil sketch. In 2003 he appeared in the BBC\/Bravo documentary \u003ci\u003eThe Rubens Robbers\u003c\/i\u003e (on YouTube) about the successful mission. He lives in New York City. His webpage is www.charlesscribner.com.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.63 x 5.82 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44811486101606,"sku":"9781493093632","price":38.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ylXX01Gf_k9781493093632.webp?v=1771671277","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/artists-authors-a-life-in-good-company-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}