According to O'Quinn, although "The Turkish Embassy Letters" has been considered one of the best literary works published in the eighteenth century, the work has not been as appreciated as those published by her male peers, such as Alexander Pope and Horace Walpole. She was the "target of vicious attacks" from printing presses and male peers. Although she describes her travels through Europe to the Ottoman Empire in "The Turkish Embassy Letters" to her correspondents, very few of the letters survived, and the letters in the book may not be accurate transcriptions of the actual correspondence. According to Daniel O'Quinn, the book was not a culmination of facts but of opinions, and there must be some filtering during the editing processes. Furthermore, to avoid public censure, Montagu used pseudonyms, such as "a Turkey merchant" and "Lady President, in her publications. Lastly, Montagu’s "The Turkish Embassy Letters" was published posthumously-Walpole affirmed that it was Montagu’s deathbed wish to get the letters published.