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

From the author of Heretics comes this "informative and enjoyable glimpse at the travails and achievements of emissaries over thousands of years" (Booklist).

We think of ambassadors as simply diplomats—but once they were adventurers who dared an uncertain fate in unknown lands, bringing gifts of greyhounds and elephants to powerful and unpredictable leaders. In vivid detail, The Ambassadors traces the remarkable journeys of these emissaries, taking us from the linguistically challenged ...