{"product_id":"the-hobgoblins-a-novel-on-john-bunyan-paperback","title":"The Hobgoblins: A Novel on John Bunyan - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDouglas Bond\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hobgoblins\u003c\/em\u003e is a historical novel on the life and times of John Bunyan, best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Pilgrim's Progress\u003c\/em\u003e. Readers of war stories, accounts of those who suffer under poverty and oppression, books about heroes of history, will find this book fascinating. The story unfolds as written in the persona of Harry Wylie, companion of the rebel John Bunyan, corrupted by the village blasphemer in their youth. Harry gives his unvarnished, eyewitness version of the life of Bunyan, including their youthful pranks in and around 11th century Elstow Abbey, their military service as enlisted teens in the English Civil War, narrow escapes in battle, the great plague and Great Fire of London in 1666, Bunyan's principled stand against civil tyranny, the various trials Bunyan endured before magistrates for unlicensed preaching, his wife Elizabeth's intrepid defense of her husband before the House of Lords, and Bunyan's long imprisonment. Harry in his adulthood has become the county jailer and recounts Bunyan's aversion to restraint of any kind and the twelve long years he spent behind bars in prison. Harry believes people never change, and Bunyan's stand against tyranny he long dismisses as yet another expression of his friend's youthful rebellion. The author creates Bunyan's 17th century voice from \u003cem\u003eThe Pilgrim's Progress\u003c\/em\u003e and other books written by the unlettered village tinker, who remains the best-selling author of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDouglas Bond, father of six, and grandfather of six and counting, is a hymn writer, an award-winning teacher, and author of thirty books of historical fiction, biography, and practical theology, several translated into Dutch, Portuguese, and Korean. He speaks internationally at churches, schools, and conferences, directs the Oxford Creative Writing Master Class, and leads Church history and hymn tours. He has led numerous tours to John Bunyan's Bedfordshire since 1996.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768431706400,"sku":"9781945062131","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b02f55d5f3277ace0826cecb5e614852.webp?v=1780329512","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-hobgoblins-a-novel-on-john-bunyan-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}