Lying Abroad: Henry Wotton and the Invention of Diplomacy

By Carol Chillington Rutter

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526172062
• ISBN13: 9781526172068
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"