by Lew Wallace · Wordsworth Editions Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781853262838
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«Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ» is the historical novel by Lew Wallace, published by Wordsworth Editions Ltd in paperback (400 pages, in English).
The novel tells the story of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince whose life changes after an encounter with a Roman officer who condemns him to the galleys and to slavery. His journey through the Mediterranean world, parallel to the life of Jesus, takes him from Jerusalem to Rome in a story of betrayal, vengeance and redemption that includes a famous chariot race.
Originally published in 1880, the work belongs to the Wordsworth Classics collection and is presented complete and unabridged.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and literary classics, with estimated reading ages between 9 and 12 years.
Lewis Wallace was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, artist, inventor, and author from Indiana. Among his novels and biographies, Wallace is best known for his historical adventure story, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), a bestselling novel that has been called "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century."
