Ben-Hur
Wallace, Lew, 1827-19051998
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Written by a former soldier who had fought in American Civil War. Intended as a moral and inspirational narrative, Ben-Hur's life parallels that of Jesus as he makes a journey of discovery and enlightenment through the Mediterranean world from Jerusalem through Nazareth to the galleys that carry him to shipwreck in the Aegean, and, finally, Rome. A spiritual tale of the quest for love, the recovery of identity and patrimony, Ben-Hur's vivid description is based on a breadth of research into the Bible and the Holy Lands that never fails to delight in its detail and realism.
Main title:
Ben-Hur / Lew Wallace ; edited with an introduction and notes by David Mayer.
Author:
Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905, authorMayer, David, editor
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Collation:
xxx, 530 pages : 1 map ; 20 cm.
Series:
Oxford world's classics
ISBN:
01928319929780192831996
Dewey class:
813.4
Local class:
F
Language:
English
BRN:
416515
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