Paradise Lost, Lucifer Unmasked: Part Two

Meet the man that Milton had modeled his Master of Mendacity on...

So was Lucifer a simple literary invention, or had Milton based him on a real person?

Was Milton making a statement with Lucifer, was he telling a story of Europe's lost innocence, how it had been led astray by charismatic rebels who declared war on the established order and now men like Milton were left to pay the price for their impiety?

Because there w…