Post-Reformation · 1682

The Holy War

John Bunyan (1628-1688)

An allegory of salvation and spiritual warfare, tracing the history of the town of Mansoul from its creation by Shaddai through its fall to Diabolus and its recapture and reformation by Prince Emmanuel. Bunyan's second major allegory, published four years after The Pilgrim's Progress, weaves military epic with close attention to conscience, temptation, and the ongoing war within the redeemed soul.

8 hrs total · 16 chapters