by Lewis Wallace · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788449501227
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«Ben-Hur» is the historical novel by Lewis Wallace published in the Clásicos Juveniles collection by M. E. Editores, in paperback (207 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the Roman Empire, it narrates the life of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince who, betrayed and enslaved by the Romans, seeks revenge. His path includes chariot races, naval battles, and an encounter with the figure of Jesus, in a story about justice, faith, and forgiveness.
Volume 24 of the Clásicos Juveniles collection. The original work was published in 1880; the Spanish translation was published in 1994.
For readers of juvenile classics and historical fiction, with an interest in adventure, the Roman Empire, and religious background.
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."
