David Vickery
Author
Language
English
Description
It is hard to overstate the role that John Milton played in the historical, political, and literary controversies of seventeenth century England, his writings and very life challenged the status quo. Struggling to reconcile his private beliefs with his involvement with a radical political experiment, a republic which involved the killing of the monarch, his star rose and fell several times during his life. Married three times, struck blind at a cruelly...