On the model of Lucian and Fénelon, George Lyttelton sets famous figures of history talking in the afterlife about politics, philosophy, literature and morals, as kings, statesmen and writers defend and question their lives. Three of the dialogues are by the bluestocking Elizabeth Montagu, and Henry Morley’s introduction sketches Lyttelton’s career in Parliament and letters.
A polished piece of eighteenth-century wit by the statesman to whom Fielding dedicated Tom Jones. Download the free EPUB.