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For many years Philip has been involved with Milton's
Cottage
Milton's Cottage is the only extant home of John Milton,
the great English poet and parliamentarian, in Chalfont St.
Giles, Buckinghamshire. It was in this grade 1 listed XVIth
century cottage, described by Thomas Ellwood as "that pretty
box in St. Giles, Chalfont", that Milton completed Paradise
Lost, and the idea of Paradise Regained was put to him.
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The four ground floor museum rooms contain
important editions of Milton's poetry, together with
many prose writings that were published during his
lifetime and shortly after. One can hear of the
extraordinary career of this blind genius vividly
described, in his refuge from the plague where he
wrote some of the finest poetry and feel the
ambience of the setting. The thoughts of John
Milton and the diverse nature of his published works
are the evidence that demonstrates why he is one of
the greatest Englishmen. |
See
www.miltonscottage.org |