{"product_id":"9781526172068","title":"Lying abroad","description":"Author: Carol Chillington Rutter\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526172068\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 13 May 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 328 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStudent, traveller, secretary, scoundrel, spy: introducing the maverick whose diplomacy saved Europe from war.\u003c\/b\u003e\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 \u003ci\u003eLying abroad\u003c\/i\u003e, 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":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920550281374,"sku":"ING-9781526172068","price":69.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526172068.jpg?v=1782823572","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526172068","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}