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Book SynopsisIn 1716, the French diplomat and author Francois de CalliËres published the treatise De la Maniere de negocier avec les souverainsoan outstandingly successful manual of advice for diplomats, perhaps the best of its kind ever written. It has become the classic text, highly regarded by 18th century statesmen, who considered it essential reading for prospective diplomats, and by modern historians who have praised its insights into the conventions and techniques that remained a distinctive feature of European statecraft for almost 300 years. This book is the first, complete critical edition of Callieres'' work based on an accurate but virtually unknown English translation of 1716. It also includes a biographical introduction, based on French manuscript sources, which provides an account of Callieres'' life as writer and diplomat, a discussion of the origin of the work and an assessment of the intellectual and historical background to which the treatise belongs. In addition, the book includ
Trade ReviewComment from the original edition: The editors are to be congratulated not only for reproducing a valuable text, but also for placing its author in well-defined historical perspective.^RRRRR -- M. Boucher, University of South Africa in ^RHISTORIA^I
Comment from the original edition: The editors are to be congratulated not only for reproducing a valuable text, but also for placing its author in well-defined historical perspective.^R -- M. Boucher, University of South Africa in ^RHISTORIA^I
