Ben Hur By Lewis Wallace - Wordsworth Classics Special edition Weight: 77 g

Weight: 77 g

he melts my icy exterior and pulls apart all my defences

the nature of love

Douglas might have a chance to grasp the one thing he’s always felt was power

and they've barely spoken in years

Ben Hur By Lewis Wallace - Wordsworth Classics Special edition Weight: 77 gAn immediate best seller on publication, Ben Hur remains a dazzling achievement by any standards. A thoroughly exhilarating tale of betrayal, revenge and salvation, it is the only novel that ranks with Uncle Tom's Cabin as a genuine American folk possession. This was the book that finally overcame the inherent suspicion of fiction that still prevailed in much of america in the late nineteenth century. Wallace writes with a freshness and immediacy that