Milton in America

Ackroyd, Peter

ISBN 10: 1856196968 / ISBN 13: 9781856196963

Published by Sinclair - Stevenson / Reed International Books Ltd, London, 1996

About this Item

First edition, first impression. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, ON TITLE PAGE. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, some slight browning to page fore edges, not price clipped (£15.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 277pp. In Peter Ackroyd's novel he posits the 'what if' the writer John Milton, fleeing the persecution of the Puritans in C17th England flees to America. Milton is shipwrecked on the coast of America after leaving England, and encounters native Indians and hostile settler communities in his quest to establish his own Puritan settlement.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Milton in America
• Publisher: Sinclair - Stevenson / Reed International Books Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1856196968
• ISBN 13: 9781856196963
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

A novel in which the writer John Milton is shipwrecked on the coast of America after fleeing England, and encounters native Indians and hostile settler communities in his quest to establish his own Puritan settlement. From the author of HAWKSMOOR, CHATTERTON and DAN LENO AND THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM.

Review

"More concise and sardonic than Hawksmoor and Chatterton, and even more mysteriously brilliant, Milton in America fills the reader's mind with images of extraordinary vividness" (John Bayley The Times)

"A strikingly clever premise for a novel... Ackroyd's prose fizzes and sparkles as brightly as an electrical misconnection" (Lucy Hughes-Hallett Independent)

"Consistently funny. Ackroyd's comic genius... is allowed to let rip, with wonderfully enjoyable gusto" (A.N.Wilson Literary Review)

"A startlingly good novel... authentically tragic and unforgettable" (Victoria Glendinning Daily Telegraph)