• 1. The Diplomacy of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.  2. Old regime Diplomacy at it's height.  3. Coming to terms with a changing World.  4. The Balance of Power.  5. The Quest for International peace.

'It is unlikely that such a lucid, scholarly but concise account will ever be bettered'Times Literary Supplement'A solid narrative by one of Britains most distinguished eighteenth century scholars'International History Review

• 1. The Diplomacy of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.  2. Old regime Diplomacy at it's height.  3. Coming to terms with a changing World.  4. The Balance of Power.  5. The Quest for International peace.

'It is unlikely that such a lucid, scholarly but concise account will ever be bettered'Times Literary Supplement'A solid narrative by one of Britains most distinguished eighteenth century scholars'International History Review

• 1. The Diplomacy of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.  2. Old regime Diplomacy at it's height.  3. Coming to terms with a changing World.  4. The Balance of Power.  5. The Quest for International peace.

'It is unlikely that such a lucid, scholarly but concise account will ever be bettered'Times Literary Supplement'A solid narrative by one of Britains most distinguished eighteenth century scholars'International History Review