Lew Wallace Books In Order

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. The Fair God (1873)
  2. Commodus: An Historical Play (1876)
  3. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880)
  4. The Boyhood of Christ (1888)
  5. The Prince of India or Why Constantinople Fell (1893)
  6. The Wooing of Malkatoon Commodus (1898)
  7. The First Christmas from Ben-Hur (1899)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. Life of Gen. Ben Harrison (1888)
  2. Life and Public Services of Hon. Benjamin Harrison, President of the U.S.: With a Concise Biographical Sketch of Hon. Whitelaw Reid, Ex-Minister to France (1892)
  3. Lew Wallace, Vol. 1: An Autobiography (1906)
  4. Lew Wallace, Vol. 2: An Autobiography (1906)
  5. Smoke, Sound & Fury (1906)

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The Fair God

This manuscript was found said Wallace in his Introduction, which was fiction of a cloth with the novel to follow among a heap of old dispatches from the Viceroy Mendoza to the Emperor. It must have been to give him a completer idea of the Aztecan people and their civilization, or to lighten the burdens of royalty by an amuseme*nt to which, it is known, Charles V. was not averse. Besides, Mendoza, in his difficulty with the Marquess of the Valley Cortes, failed not to avail himself of every means likely to propitiate his cause with the court, and especially with the Royal Council of the Indies. It is not altogether improbable, therefore, that the manuscript was forwarded for the entertainment of the members of the Council and the lordly personages of the Court…
. everything relative to the New World, and particularly the dazzling conquest of Mexico.

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million books. com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Thereupon he made way for the strangers, and they passed the gate. But, before entering the narrow street, Balthasar lingered to say to his friends,’ We are sufficiently proclaimed. By midnight the whole city will have heard of us and of our mission. Let us to the khan now.’ CHAPTER XIIL That evening, before sunset, some women were washing clothes on the upper step of the flight that led down into the basin of the Pool of Siloam. They knelt each before a broad bowl of earthenware. A girl at the foot of the steps kept them supplied with water, and sang while she filled the jar. The song was cheerful, and no doubt lightened their labor. Occasionally they would sit upon their heels, and look up the slope of Ophel, and round to the summit of what is now the Mount of Offence, then faintly glorified by the dying sun. While they plied their hands, rubbing and wringing the clothes in the bowls, two other women came to them, each with an empty jar upon her shoulder. ‘ Peace to you,’ one of the new comers said. The laborers paused, sat up, wrung the water from their hands, and returned the salutation. ‘ It is nearly night time to quit.’ ‘ There is no end to work,’ was the reply. ‘ But there is a time to rest, and ‘ ‘ To hear what may be passing,’ interposed another. ‘ What news have you ?’ ‘ Then you have not heard ?’ ‘ No.’ ‘ They say the Christ is born,’ said the newsmonger, plunging into her story. It was curious to see the faces of the laborers brighten with interest; on the other side down came the jars, which, in a moment, were turned into seats for their owners. ‘ The Christ!’ the listeners cried. ‘ So they say.’ ‘Who?’ ‘ Everybody; it is common talk.’ ‘ Does anybody believe it ?’ ‘ This afternoon three men came across Brook…

The Prince of India or Why Constantinople Fell

Volume: 1 Publisher: New York : Harper

The First Christmas from Ben-Hur

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Life of Gen. Ben Harrison

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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