{"product_id":"9781526172068","title":"Lying Abroad","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Carol Chillington Rutter\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ec 1500 to c 1600 | c 1600 to c 1700 | Biography: historical, political \u0026amp; military | European history | Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3\u003csup\u003erd\u003c\/sup\u003e February 2026 by Manchester University Press in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 328 pages, 17 black \u0026amp; white illustrations \u003cbr\u003e242mm x 170mm x 32mm | 658g\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudent, traveller, secretary, scoundrel, spy: introducing the maverick whose diplomacy saved Europe from war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. -- .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57130776199543,"sku":"9781526172068","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781526172068.jpg?v=1780063562","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781526172068","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}