Itinerant ambassador the life of Sir Thomas Roe /
Brown, Michael J., 1932-
Itinerant ambassador the life of Sir Thomas Roe / by Michael J. Brown. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1970. - 1 online resource (323 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 The First Adventure; CHAPTER 2 John Company's Man; CHAPTER 3 At the Court of the Mogul; CHAPTER 4 Building Foundations; CHAPTER 5 To the Ottoman Porte; CHAPTER 6 Pirates, Princes, and Patriarchs; CHAPTER 7 A Northern Mission; CHAPTER 8 English Interlude; CHAPTER 9 Hamburg and Westminster; CHAPTER 10 The Last Journey; CHAPTER 11 An Unhappy Ending; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
Thomas Roe, born near London in 1580 or 1581 was a notable and influential figure in the England of Elizabeth and of the early Stuarts. In his wide-ranging career, he came into contact with an array of famous seventeenth-century persons ranging from Sir Walter Raleigh to Archbishop William Laud and from Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia to the Great Mogul Emperor of Hindustan. Roe was one of the most capable diplomats of his time and his career was associated with developments of great importance: colonial and commercial expansion, the beginnings of empire, foreign relations, religious movements, dom.
9780813162270
Ambassadors--Great Britain--Biography.
Electronic Books.
D244 / .I856 1970
Itinerant ambassador the life of Sir Thomas Roe / by Michael J. Brown. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1970. - 1 online resource (323 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 The First Adventure; CHAPTER 2 John Company's Man; CHAPTER 3 At the Court of the Mogul; CHAPTER 4 Building Foundations; CHAPTER 5 To the Ottoman Porte; CHAPTER 6 Pirates, Princes, and Patriarchs; CHAPTER 7 A Northern Mission; CHAPTER 8 English Interlude; CHAPTER 9 Hamburg and Westminster; CHAPTER 10 The Last Journey; CHAPTER 11 An Unhappy Ending; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
Thomas Roe, born near London in 1580 or 1581 was a notable and influential figure in the England of Elizabeth and of the early Stuarts. In his wide-ranging career, he came into contact with an array of famous seventeenth-century persons ranging from Sir Walter Raleigh to Archbishop William Laud and from Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia to the Great Mogul Emperor of Hindustan. Roe was one of the most capable diplomats of his time and his career was associated with developments of great importance: colonial and commercial expansion, the beginnings of empire, foreign relations, religious movements, dom.
9780813162270
Ambassadors--Great Britain--Biography.
Electronic Books.
D244 / .I856 1970