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Lying Abroad : Henry Wotton and the Invention of Diplomacy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chillington Rutter, Carol.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639.
- Wotton, Henry.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--1603-1625.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (328 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- Lying abroad reconstructs the tumultuous early modern career of a jobbing ambassador, Henry Wotton, the man James I sent to Venice in 1604 to restore Anglo-Venetian relations. It recounts his back-story then follows his daily life in diplomacy, poised between tedium and crisis - a life endlessly theatrical.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5261-7207-0
- 9781526172075
- OCLC:
- 1570401813
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