The Ambassadors: From Ancient Greece to Renaissance Europe, the Men who Introduced the World to Itself

The Ambassadors: From Ancient Greece to Renaissance Europe, the Men who Introduced the World to Itself
ISBN-10
0151011117
ISBN-13
9780151011117
Series
The Ambassadors
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
374
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Author
Jonathan Wright

Description

A history of the experiences and contributions of ambassadors shares the stories of such figures as the first Japanese embassies to China and Korea, Mohammed's ambassadors to Egypt, and the ill-fated envoys who were sent in search of a mythical king Prester John. By the author of God's Soldiers 30,000 first printing.

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