Igor Pérez Tostado is lecturer in Early Modern History at the Pablo de Olavide University in Seville, Spain. He is the author of Irish Political Activity at the Court of Spain in the Seventeenth Century (2008) and the editor of A Cultural History of Genocide in the Early Modern World (Bloomsbury Academic, forthcoming).

• Introduction Chapter 1. Political Theory and Diplomatic Practice Chapter 2. English Migration to the Spanish Monarchy Chapter 3. The Making of a Community Chapter 4. The Collapse of Conventional Diplomacy Chapter 5. Political Lobbying at Work. Chapter 6. Assassination, Plot and War by Unconventional Means Chapter 7. The Twilight of English Informal Diplomacy Chapter 8. ConclusionsBibliographyIndex

Igor Pérez Tostado is lecturer in Early Modern History at the Pablo de Olavide University in Seville, Spain. He is the author of Irish Political Activity at the Court of Spain in the Seventeenth Century (2008) and the editor of A Cultural History of Genocide in the Early Modern World (Bloomsbury Academic, forthcoming).

• Introduction Chapter 1. Political Theory and Diplomatic Practice Chapter 2. English Migration to the Spanish Monarchy Chapter 3. The Making of a Community Chapter 4. The Collapse of Conventional Diplomacy Chapter 5. Political Lobbying at Work. Chapter 6. Assassination, Plot and War by Unconventional Means Chapter 7. The Twilight of English Informal Diplomacy Chapter 8. ConclusionsBibliographyIndex

Igor Pérez Tostado is lecturer in Early Modern History at the Pablo de Olavide University in Seville, Spain. He is the author of Irish Political Activity at the Court of Spain in the Seventeenth Century (2008) and the editor of A Cultural History of Genocide in the Early Modern World (Bloomsbury Academic, forthcoming).

• Introduction Chapter 1. Political Theory and Diplomatic Practice Chapter 2. English Migration to the Spanish Monarchy Chapter 3. The Making of a Community Chapter 4. The Collapse of Conventional Diplomacy Chapter 5. Political Lobbying at Work. Chapter 6. Assassination, Plot and War by Unconventional Means Chapter 7. The Twilight of English Informal Diplomacy Chapter 8. ConclusionsBibliographyIndex