Wife to Mr. Milton: The Story of Marie Powell - Softcover

Graves, Robert

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9780140010244: Wife to Mr. Milton: The Story of Marie Powell

Synopsis

Graves provides a sympathetic portrait of the witty and intelligent young woman whose marriage to the Puritan writer John Milton was marked by his domineering personality and refusal to acknowledge her talents

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About the Author

Robert Graves was born in 1895 in Wimbledon. He went from school to the First World War, where he became a captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and was seriously wounded at the Battle of the Somme. He wrote his autobiography, Goodbye to All That, in 1929, and it was soon established as a modern classic. He died on 7 December 1985 in Majorca, his home since 1929.

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Vivid, rich and forthright * Sunday Times *

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