{"product_id":"9781526172068","title":"Lying Abroad : Henry Wotton and the Invention of Diplomacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Chillington Rutter, Carol \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 03\/02\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 328 pages, 17 black \u0026amp; white illustrations,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781526172068,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudent, traveller, secretary, scoundrel, spy: introducing the maverick whose diplomacy saved Europe from war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry Wotton had already exhausted several lives when he arrived in Venice as England's ambassador in 1604. Yet the most remarkable phase of his career was yet to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Lying abroad, Carol Chillington Rutter tells Wotton’s extraordinary story. She reveals how this one-time exile, who fled England after his employer was convicted of treason, gained the favour of King James, securing a knighthood and a diplomatic posting. Charged with restoring relations with Venice after a fifty-year hiatus, he drew criticism for his breaches of protocol. But when a dispute brought Europe to the brink of war, Wotton took a risk – one that changed European history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis engrossing biography recounts a life that was tumultuous, tarnished and endlessly theatrical. The man King James called his ‘honest dissembler’ was a maverick who fashioned diplomacy in ways that still inform international relations today. -- .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57553731420533,"sku":"9781526172068","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781526172068.jpg?v=1788769137","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781526172068","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}