Ben-Hur

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The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others.

In first-century Judea, Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur is falsely accused of assassinating a Roman governor, and sentenced to life as a galley slave. His fortunes are reversed when he saves the captains life and he returns, determined to seek his revenge against those who have brought misfortune to both himself and his family. His life becomes intertwined with that of Christs, and after witnessing His teachings and eventual crucifixion Ben-Hur discovers the redemptive power of forgiveness.

The bestselling American novel of the nineteenth century, Ben-Hur had never been out of print on the hundredth anniversary of its publication in 1980. After numerous stage and film adaptations, it remains hugely influential today, and is soon to be a new major adaptation.

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Compared with other romances . . . Ben-Hur easily passes them all, by a vitality which has a touch of genius. Carl Van Doren

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Born in Indiana, Lew Wallace (1827-1905) was a lawyer, served as a Union general in the Civil War and eventually became Governor of the New Mexico Territory. Though best known for his the wildly popular Ben-Hur, he authored several other histories and biographies, including The Fair God (1873) and The Prince of India; or, Why Constantinople Fell (1893).