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An authoritative and entertaining account of the earliest ambassadors, who were at once diplomats, explorers and chroniclers of exotic civilisations. / A fascinating history packed with anecdotes of courageous and adventurous men and women who endured the rigours of foreign service from ancient times to the 1700s. / Jonathan Wright is young with an already formidable reputation as a historian. / No other book of its kind exists, and the exotic subject is potentially highly publicisable.

About the Author

Jonathan Wright, the author of The Jesuits, was educated at Oxford and the University of Pennsylvania.