The Acrostic Paradise Lost by John Milton and Terrance Lindall
The first ever acrostic that tells the story as the proem goes along. Contains most of Lindall's art for Paradise Lost. Signed and numbered hardcover is $300. milton@wahcenter.net
The first ever acrostic that tells the story as the proem goes along. Contains most of Lindall's art for Paradise Lost. Signed and numbered hardcover is $300. milton@wahcenter.net
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19 th C. Miniature Portrait of <strong>John</strong> <strong>Milton</strong><br />
Yuko Nii Foundation Collection<br />
Charles I's head had been off his shoulders for six weeks<br />
when <strong>John</strong> <strong>Milton</strong> accepted the office of Secretary for<br />
Foreign Tongues to the Commonwealth Council of State. He<br />
had announced his approval of the execution in a pamphlet<br />
that came out within a few days of the event <strong>and</strong> throughout<br />
the struggle between Parliament <strong>and</strong> the King he had been a<br />
vigorous anti-Royalist polemicist.<br />
Under Cromwell, <strong>Milton</strong> became Foreign Secretary. Latin<br />
was the language of international communication. Few<br />
foreign governments wished to have much to do with the<br />
regime in Engl<strong>and</strong>, <strong>Milton</strong> could spend his time writing<br />
propag<strong>and</strong>a tracts for his employers. One of them was<br />
Eikonoklastes ('<strong>The</strong> Image-Breaker'), which came out in<br />
October, 1649. It was a counterblast to the Eikon Basilike<br />
('<strong>The</strong> Royal Image'), believed to be an account of the last days<br />
of his life <strong>by</strong> the martyred Charles himself.<br />
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