This invaluable work provides a quick look into the lives of some of the unique thinkers and literary personalities of the 18th century. The writer brilliantly covered the events in the lives of these personages that somehow shaped the history of Great Britain and presented them in a simple language.Contents include:Eighteenth-Century Men About TownSome Exquisites of the RegencyA Forgotten Satirist: "Peter Pindar"Sterne's ElizaThe DemoniacsWilliam Beckford of Fonthill AbbeyCharles James FoxPhilip, Duke of Wharton