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Lew Wallace

Lewis "Lew" Wallace was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of the New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, and author from Indiana. Among his novels and biographies, Wallace is best known for his historical adventure story, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), a bestselling novel that has been called "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century." - wikipedia

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American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesman, politician, and author of 'Ben Hur' (1827-1905)

Born April 10, 1827
Died February 15, 1905

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  • Cover of: The Story of the Making of Ben-Hur.

    First published in 1959 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Ben Hur a Tale of the Christ

    First published in 2010 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Yerusholaim un Roym: hisṭorisher roman oys der tsayṭ fon bais-sheni

    First published in 1921 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Prince of India (Volume 2)

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  • Cover of: Prince of India, Vol 2

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  • Cover of: Ben-Hur a Tale of the Christ Annotated

    First published in 2019 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Boyhood of Jesus

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  • Cover of: The city of the King, or, What the child Jesus saw and heard

    First published in 2005 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Contributions to a History of The Richmond Howitzer Battalion (Army of Northern Virginia)

    First published in 2000 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Papazone adventure stories

    First published in 1996 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The pirate of Topsail Island

    First published in 1996 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A Tale of the Christ

    First published in 2007 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Prince of India; of, Why Constantinople Fell; Volume 1

    First published in 2018 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Prince of India; or, Why Constantinople Fell, by Lew Wallace VOLUME 2: novel

    First published in 2016 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Constantinople - Vol I

    First published in 2006 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    First published in 2004 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Fair God

    First published in 1888 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Fair God: Or, The Last of the 'Tzins : a Tale of the Conquest of Mexico

    First published in 1888 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The First Christmas: From "Ben-Hur,"

    First published in 1899 1 edition — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1966 1 edition in 1 language
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American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesman, politician, and author of 'Ben Hur' (1827-1905)

Born April 10, 1827
Died February 15, 1905
Subjects
Fiction, historical, general, History, Fiction, Fiction, christian, historical, Jesus christ, fiction, Rome, fiction, Fiction, christian, classic & allegory, Biography, Drama, Bible, Fiction, christian, general, History of Biblical events, Istanbul (turkey), fiction, Personal narratives, American Authors, Childhood, Fiction, biographical, Fiction, historical, Fiction, war & military, Generals, Histoire, Jews, fiction, Romans, Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862, United States
Places
United States, Jerusalem, Judea, Rome, Crawfordville (Ind.), Indiana, Istanbul (Turkey), Mexico, New Mexico, Palestine, Rome (Italy), Tennessee
People
Jesus Christ, Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), Commodus Emperor of Rome (161-192), Lew Wallace (1827-1905), Benson John Lossing (1813-1891), Don Carlos Buell (1818-1898), Hernán Cortés (1485-1547), Jesus, John P. Nicholson (b. 1842), Jésus-Christ, Levi P. Morton (1824-1920), Maternus Roman outlaw (fl. 180), Montezuma II Emperor of Mexico (ca. 1480-1520), Tiberius Emperor of Rome (42 B.C.-37 A.D), Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912)
Time
19th century, 1st century CE, Civil War, 1861-1865, Conquest, 1519-1540, Siege, 1453, Tiberius, 14-37

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