ABOUT THIS BOOK

John Bunyan was born in the lace-making town of Elstow in late 1628 just at the beginning of the reign of Charles the First. He came from a relatively poor family even though their ancestry could be traced back for many generations in the local records of Bedfordshire residents. His forebears had once been wealthy landowners who most likely came from Normandy soon after the Conquest. But by Bunyan's time the family fortunes had declined considerably.