CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. CONTENTS 7
3. ILLUSTRATIONS 8
4. FOREWORD 9
5. CHAPTER ONE. THE REYMESES AND THE PETRES 13
6. CHAPTER TWO. SPLENDOUR ON THE STRAND 26
7. CHAPTER THREE. LIFE IN THE EMBASSY 36
8. CHAPTER FOUR. BULLEN STARTS HIS DIARY 45
9. CHAPTER FIVE. PARIS ON ONE’S OWN 57
10. CHAPTER SIX. THE EDUCATION OF A COURTIER 67
11. CHAPTER SEVEN. DISCOVERING VENICE 81
12. CHAPTER EIGHT. BY BOAT, COACH, AND SADDLE 90
13. CHAPTER NINE. CONSTANTINOPLE AND RETURN 101
14. CHAPTER TEN. AUTUMN IN FLORENCE 113
15. CHAPTER ELEVEN. THE NEW AMBASSADOR 120
16. CHAPTER TWELVE. COURTESANS AND BANDITS 132
17. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. FIGHTING FOR THE KING 143
18. CHAPTER FOUR. TEEN PAYING THE ROYALIST PENALTY 158
19. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. THE NEW WORLD OF THE RESTORATION 176
20. CHAPTER SIXTEEN. MISSION TO TANGIER 190
21. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. SERVANT OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED 199
22. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. THE CROWDED YEARS 216
23. CHAPTER NINETEEN. YE MARINERS OF WEYMOUTH 229
24. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN NOTES 240
25. NOTES 241
26. INDEX 251