« ‘Un homme d’inventions et inconstant’ : les fidélités politiques d’Anthony Sherley, entre l’ambassade safavide et la diplomatie européenne », in : Dejanirah Couto, Rui Manuel Loureiro, eds., Revisiting Hormuz. Portuguese Interactions in the Persian Gulf Region in the Early Modern Period. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Harrassowitz verlag (Wiesbaden), 2008, p. 235-260. (Maritime Asia 19)

Four centuries after his journey to Persia and the final failure of his attempts to forge an anti-Ottoman military alliance between the Safavids and the states of Western Europe, as well as to secure his own social and financial position, the personal and diplomatic adventures of Anthony Sherley do not cease to attract the attention of the scholars. This is entirely understandable given the complexity of Anthony’s personality and the importance of the period in which he was operating. In this..