The Poetical Works Of John Milton - With Introductory Memoir, Notes, Bibliography etc

With 12 Illustrations by Samuel Palmer (All Present)

Published by Frederick Warne And Co: London c1896 (Preface Date)

Part of the "Lansdowne Poets" series

"John Milton (9 December 1608 - 8 November 1674) was an English poet and intellectual. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse and including over ten chapters, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval. It addressed the fall of man, including the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and God's expulsion of them from the Garden of Eden. Paradise Lost elevated Milton's reputation as one of history's greatest poets. He also served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell."