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"[A] penetrating study of one of the strangest marriages in history . . . Robert Graves, author of I, Claudius, has the gift for fleshing the bare bones of history (Kirkus Reviews). The famous poet John Milton, author of Paradise Lost, had a wife, and their story is both strange and tumultuous. Consummate historical novelist and poet Robert Graves tells the story from the perspective of the wife, Marie Powell, a young woman who married the poet to escape a debt. From the start, the couple proves mismatched; Milton is a domineering and insensitive husband set on punishing Marie for not providing the promised dowry. John Milton and his young wife are both religiously and temperamentally incompatible, and this portrait of their relationship is spellbinding, if not distinctly unflattering to Milton. It also provides fascinating accounts of the political upheavals of the time, including the execution of Charles I. This book is an excellent read for fans of historical fiction. "Vivid, rich and forthright." --The Sunday Times… (más)
Milton is exposed in this novel as a prize prig. Written in the form of a memoir of his first wife, Marie Powell, who was steam-rolled into marrying him. Graves manages to include a concise historical narrative of the Civil War that is neither too complicated nor outside the plot and development of the story. However, Milton remains in the memory as the over-bearing, self-righteous Puritan, never slow to advance his own interests and mean to others.
The language used in this book was a bit dated and stuffy, so it was a slow read at times. There was a lot of information that was interesting from a historical standpoint, despite the dated language that was used. ( )
Although in the end I found the book too long, there is much to enjoy int it. Graves could blend in historical details into the narrative in such a way that even if you lost interest in the main characters you can still find plenty to interest you in his evocation of the period. In the opening chapter Marie Powell describes a 12th Night party at her parents home. It was news to me that such things happened and reading about it was fun. I was alos surprised to learn that in the 17th century people were familiar with galangal. ( )
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
It was January 6th of the year 1641, being the last of the twelve days of Christmas, and my fifteenth birthday.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
The child, seeing how my husband stretched forth his hands to seize him, escaped and ran away from him shouting: "Son Mun, Son Mun!" and held out his arms to me to be kissed.
"[A] penetrating study of one of the strangest marriages in history . . . Robert Graves, author of I, Claudius, has the gift for fleshing the bare bones of history (Kirkus Reviews). The famous poet John Milton, author of Paradise Lost, had a wife, and their story is both strange and tumultuous. Consummate historical novelist and poet Robert Graves tells the story from the perspective of the wife, Marie Powell, a young woman who married the poet to escape a debt. From the start, the couple proves mismatched; Milton is a domineering and insensitive husband set on punishing Marie for not providing the promised dowry. John Milton and his young wife are both religiously and temperamentally incompatible, and this portrait of their relationship is spellbinding, if not distinctly unflattering to Milton. It also provides fascinating accounts of the political upheavals of the time, including the execution of Charles I. This book is an excellent read for fans of historical fiction. "Vivid, rich and forthright." --The Sunday Times
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Graves manages to include a concise historical narrative of the Civil War that is neither too complicated nor outside the plot and development of the story.
However, Milton remains in the memory as the over-bearing, self-righteous Puritan, never slow to advance his own interests and mean to others.