Abraham de Wicquefort
Books by Abraham de Wicquefort
The Embassador and His Functions
by Abraham de Wicquefort
An admirer of Machiavelli, Wicquefort wrote about what diplomatists actually do rather than what they ought to do, hitherto the usual pattern. In consequence, The Embassador and His Functions book became the most highly regarded manual of diplomacy of the 18th century.
Interviews where books by Abraham de Wicquefort were recommended
The best books on Why We Need Diplomats, recommended by Geoff Berridge
Academic and author of textbooks on the field tells us that diplomacy can well do without rank amateurs “in the same way that medicine can do without snake-oil merchants”
