A.N. Wilson was born in 1950 and educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he has held a prominent position in the world of letters and has been Literary Editor of both the Evening Standard and the Spectator. An award-winning biographer, he has written lives of Sir Walter Scott (John Llewellyn Rhys Prize), Tolstoy (Whitbread Award for Biography), C.S. Lewis and Hilaire Belloc. In 1992 he caused a sensation with his bestselling Jesus and this he followed with his equally controversial Paul - also available in Pimlico. He is also a celebrated novelist. He lives in North London.
The brightest and best short biography of Milton ever written. * Punch * Concise, balanced and wide-ranging, it deserves to become the standard life.' * London Magazine * 'Warmly recommended for its intelligence and readability.' * The Times *