ISBN - 0 85234 253 5
The Story of William Tyndale and the English Bible
Brian H. Edwards
ISBN 0 85234 253 5
Joint publication with Solid Ground Christian Books
A best-seller since first published in 1976, this book is now in its 6th reprint.
William Tyndale lived in the colourful and cruel days of Henry VIII, when men were burned, racked and maimed for lesser crimes than that of smuggling the Bible into England. When Tyndale set out to provide the first printed New Testament in English he was forced to do so in defiance of the king, the pope and almost every person in authority. Compelled to flee from his homeland, he continued with his work of translating the Scriptures whilst slipping from city to city in Germany, Holland and Belgium in an attempt to avoid the agents who were sent from England to arrest him. His story is one of poverty, danger and ceaseless labour.
This fugitive and outlaw gave the English-speaking people their most priceless heritage: the Scriptures in their mother tongue.