Being a Diplomat in the Midnight Country

This book will take you to the northern Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. At that time, more than a dozen diplomatic representatives of the Austrian Habsburgs traveled to the distant "midnight country", often accompanied by numerous servants, noble companions, clergy, agents and family members. Central Europeans had a specific relationship with the Kingdom of Sweden in many respects - traditionally one of the enemies in arms, mutual antagonism also stemmed from a different religion and mental otherness. Therefore, the approach taken by diplomats to the success of their mission must have been just as specific. The strategies and actions of the members of the Imperial Embassy abroad changed over time, and the experiences of different generations often differed diametrically. The readers are presented with a comprehensive picture of the Kingdom of Sweden from the point of view of highly critical foreign visitors.