Athenian letters: or, The epistolary correspondence of an agent of the king of Persia, residing at Athens during the Peloponnesian war
Subtitle: Containing the history of the times, in dispatches to the ministers of state at the Persian court. Besides letters on various subjects between him and his friends
Publisher: Printed by J. Bettenham
Published: 1741
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: History; Fiction
Notes: The work of a group of English writers, each letter being signed by an initial indicating the author, as follows: P.-Philip Yorke; C.-Charles Yorke; R.-G.H. Rooke; G.-John Green; W.-Daniel Wray; H.-Henry Heaton; E.-Wm. Heberden; O.-Henry Coventry; L.-John Lawry; T.-Catherine Talbot; B.-Thomas Birch; S.-Samuel Salter. The work was edited by Thomas Birch, the brothers Yorke having the largest share in the composition of the letters.