Ben-Hur: a Tale of the Christ

By: Lew Wallace

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is a novel by Lew Wallace published on November 12, 1880 by Harper & Brothers. Wallace's work is part of an important sub-genre of historical fiction set among the characters of the New Testament. The novel was a phenomenal best-seller; it soon surpassed Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) as the best-selling American novel and retained this distinction until the 1936 publication of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1547282746
• ISBN13: 9781547282746
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"