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Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905, author.

Ben-hur : a tale of the Christ / Lew Wallace ; introduction by John Swansburg.

First Harper Perennial Legacy edition.

New York, NY : HarperPerennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2015.

xxii, 436 pages ; 21 cm

In first century Judaea, Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur is betrayed by his childhood friend Messala and sentenced to life as a Roman slave. When, during a pirate attack in the aegean, Ben-Hur saves the life of a galley commander, his fortunes improve and he returns to Galilee a free man. There, his quest for vengeance turns into insurrection, but his life is transformed when he witnesses Christ's baptism by John the Baptist. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, the best-selling novel of revenge and redemption, has been enormously popular since its publication in 1880.

Jesus Christ -- Fiction.

Tiberius, Emperor of Rome, 42 B.C.-37 A.D. -- Fiction.

Bible. New Testament -- History of Biblical events -- Fiction.

Rome -- History -- Tiberius, 14-37 -- Fiction.

Biographical fiction.

Historical fiction.

Swansburg, John, writer of introduction.

"Originally published in 1880 by Harper & Brothers"--Title page verso.

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