THE art of negotiation with princes is so ike An of important that the fate of the greatest states often depends upon the good or bad conduct of negotiations and upon the degree of capacity in the negotiators employed. Thus monarchs and their ministers of state cannot examine with too great care the natural or acquired qualities of those citizens whom 'they despatch on missions to foreign states to entertain there good relations with their masters, to make treaties of peace, of alliance, of commerce or of other kinds, or to hinder other Powers from concluding such treaties to the prejudice of The Practice of Diplomacy - Franois de Callires od authora Franois de Callires a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.