Michael Hughes is Lecturer in the School of History at the University of Liverpool.

'The book is packed with useful detail and with insights and comparisons about how the two countries organised and ran their foreign policies. It's focus is more on men and institutions than policy, but it has a good deal to say indirectly about the latter too.' - Dominic Lieven, The Times Literary Supplement

• Preface List of Tables The Old Diplomacy and Anglo-Russian Relations The British Foreign Office and Russia The British Embassy in St Petersburg British Consuls in Russia The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1894-1914 The British and Russian Diplomatic Establishments 1914-1917 Conclusion Select Bibliography Index