The ambassadors : from ancient Greece to the nation state / Jonathan Wright.

London : HarperPress, 2006.

ix, 336 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map, port. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index.

This volume traces the ambassadors' story from ancient Greece and Ashoka's empire in India to the European Enlightenment and the birth of the nation state. It provides an account of the earliest ambassadors, who were at once diplomats, explorers and chroniclers of exotic civilisations.

9780007173433 (hbk)

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327.209

English

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