In this epic work, John Milton seeks to justify the ways of God to men?
through the familiar Christian myth of the fall from grace. The poem is
imbued with Milton's profoundly individual view of man's place in the
universe and his intellectual and spiritual quest for redemption in the
face of despair. This unique clothbound edition includes its own
slipcase and all fifty of the magnificent engravings produced by Gustave
Dore especially for the work.