Elizabethan era, including Sir Walter Ralegh and Sir Martin Frobisher. Milton assesses Mandeville's influence on English literature. William Shakespeare, John Milton, and John Keats turned to the Travels'' for inspiration and until the Victorian era it was Sir John Mandeville, not Geoffrey Chaucer who was known as the 'father of English prose'. Milton's book seeks to restore Mandeville to his literary pedestal, as well as advancing the thesis that he should also be considered the father of exploration. References External links The official website of Giles Milton People from Buckinghamshire Alumni of the University of Bristol Living people British children's writers 21st-century British novelists British historians British male novelists 21st-century British male writers 1966 births