Revision of two existing entries for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:
- E. C. Grenville-Murray (1823–1881)
- James Brinsley-Richards (1846–1892)
Outposts of Diplomacy: A History of the Embassy (Reaktion Books, London, forthcoming)
This is my swan song. It’s 110,000 words long (excluding the index) and has 60 black and white illustrations. Publication is scheduled for 1 March 2024 in the UK and 1 May 2024 in the USA.
This is the contents list:
Preface
Introduction
1 Fifteenth-Century Beginnings
2 Expanding Duties
3 Household and Buildings
4 Pre-Telegraphic Communications
5 Nineteenth-Century Highpoint
6 Enter the Americas
7 The Middle East and Africa
8 Far Eastern Compounds
9 Backseat after the First World War
10 Stubborn Institution
Epilogue
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index