
John Milton (1608--1674) is often regarded as one of England's greatest poets, second only to Shakespeare. Best known for his magnum opus Paradise Lost , Milton was also one of history's most politically active writers. A radical Protestant and staunch republican, he served as...

John Milton has usually been regarded as 'the other great poet' in English literature, after Shakespeare. He is the only one of the world's great poets also to have been actively engaged in politics. John Milton was born in 1608 and in the late 1630s...