Lying Abroad: Henry Wotton and the Invention of Diplomacy - Rilegato

Chillington Rutter, Carol

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ISBN 10: 1526172062 ISBN 13: 9781526172068

Casa editrice: Manchester University Press, 2026

Riassunto

Student, traveller, secretary, scoundrel, spy: introducing the maverick whose diplomacy saved Europe from war.

Henry 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.

In 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.

This 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.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Carol Chillington Rutter is Emerita Professor of Shakespeare and Performance Studies at the University of Warwick. She is the author of numerous books and critical editions. In 2023 she was Visiting Fellow at Ca' Foscari, Università di Venezia.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2026
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1526172062
• ISBN 13: 9781526172068
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 344
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