A delightful historical fantasy for the holidays, based on real events and inspired by two favorite holiday classics: A Christmas Carol and It's a Wonderful Life
Ben-Hur: Un relato de los tiempos de Cristo, se ha convertido en una de las novelas hist ricas m s populares del siglo XX y uno de los cl sicos de obligada lectura, desde su primera publicaci n en 1883. Esta es la historia de Ben-Hur, joven pr ncipe jud o que vive en Jerusal n junto a su madre y su hermana. Desde la azotea de su palacio, Ben-Hur y los suyos contemplan la llegada de Valerio Graco, el nuevo procurador romano. Pero un ladrillo desprendido misteriosamente al paso del desfile sirve como excusa para acusar al pr ncipe jud o de intento de asesinato contra el procurador. As , es privado de sus bienes, su madre y hermana encarceladas, y l condenado a galeras. Ben-Hur sospecha que todo es obra de Messala, antiguo amigo suyo, y ahora orgulloso servidor de Roma. El enfrentamiento entre Ben-Hur y Messala sirve de hilo conductor a esta c lebre novela. La impresionante batalla naval narrada desde el punto de vista de un galeote, la apasionante carrera de cuadrigas en Antioqu a o la emocionante huida de las presas de Torre Antonia permanecen en la memoria de millones de lectores. Ben-Hur proporcion fama mundial a su autor Lew Wallace (1827-1905), y ha sido repetidamente adaptada al teatro y al cine, destacando la versi n de William Wyler en 1956, ganadora de 11 scars. En 2016 se estren una nueva versi n cinematogr fica.
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. The central character is Judah, prince of the Hebrew house of Hur. Judah grows up in Jerusalem, during the turbulent years around the birth of Christ. His best friend is Messala, a Roman. As adults Judah and Messala become rivals, each hating the other, which leads to Judah's downfall and eventual triumph. Elements of the story include leprosy, naval battles among galleys, the Roman hippodrome, Roman adoption, Magus Balthasar, the Arab sheikh Ilderim.
It may interest readers of this story to know that its author believes it to have a certain foundation in fact. It was said about five-and-twenty or thirty years ago that an adventurous trader, hearing from some natives in the territory that lies at the back of Quilimane, the legend of a great treasure buried in or about the sixteenth century by a party of Portuguese who were afterwards massacred, as a last resource attempted its discovery by the help of a mesmerist. According to this history the child who was used as a subject in the experiment, when in a state of trance, detailed the adventures and death of the unhappy Portuguese men and women, two of whom leapt from the point of a high rock into the Zambesi.
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Ben-Hur is a story of a fictional hero named Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman who was falsely accused of an attempted assassination and enslaved by the Romans. He becomes a successful charioteer. The story's revenge plot becomes a story of compassion and forgiveness.The novel is divided into eight books, or parts, each with its own subchapters. Book one opens with the story of the three Magi, who arrive in Bethlehem to hear the news of Christ's birth. Readers meet the fictional character of Judah for the first time in book two, when his childhood friend Messala, also a fictional character, returns to Jerusalem as an ambitious commanding officer of the Roman legions. The teen-aged boys come to realize that they have changed and hold very different views and aspirations. When a loose tile is accidentally dislodged from the roof of Judah's house during a military parade and strikes the Roman governor, knocking him from his horse, Messala falsely accuses Judah of attempted assassination. Although Judah is not guilty and receives no trial, he is sent to the Roman galleys for life; his mother and sister are imprisoned in a Roman jail, where they contract leprosy; and all the family property is confiscated. Judah first encounters Jesus, who offers him a drink of water and encouragement, as Judah is being marched to a galley to be a slave. Their lives continue to intersect as the story unfolds.
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.
