In general, Montagu consistently derides the quality of European travel literature of the 18th century as nothing more than "trite observations…superficial… boys who only remember the best wine or the prettyest women.
In general, Montagu consistently derides the quality of European travel literature of the 18th century as nothing more than «trite observations…superficial… boys who only remember the best wine or the prettyest women.»Montagu’s Turkish letters were frequently cited by imperial women travellers, more than a century after her journey.