The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq

• History
• Book language: English
• 385 pages

The first volume of a two-part collection of the life and letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, a sixteenth-century Flemish diplomat and imperial ambassador. It combines biography with his correspondence, offering a firsthand view of Renaissance diplomacy and the Ottoman world. Listen for its vivid historical detail and humane, observant voice.

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