An immensely entertaining collection of final reports by various British ambassadors. Insightful, rude or bitter; these letters shed an otherwise unreported light on the foreign service.
From the absurdities of diplomatic protocol to the ego-mania of foreign leaders, Her Majesty's official representatives saw it all, and wrote it all down, and Matthew Parris has trawled the archives to bring them to light once more. Following on from the un-diplomatic despatches proffered in Parting Shots, this collection brings together the first impressions of ambassadors abroad.