Lew Wallace

Lew Wallace's Books and Stories

The Fair God; or, The Last of the 'Tzins: A Tale of the Conquest of Mexico

Literature

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The man who would go on to write Ben-Hur, the best-selling novel of the 19th century, began his literary career with The Fair God, an adventurous and romantic chronicle of the invasion of the Aztec empire by the Spaniards. Inspired in part by his service in the Mexican War and later by his government service in Mexico, Wallace developed and refined the novel over the course of a quarter century.

The Prince of India; Or, Why Constantinople Fell — Volume 01

Literature

5.0

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE PRINCE OF INDIA – The Story of the Fall of Constantinople (Historical Novel)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Prince of India: Why Constantinople Fell follows the adventures of the Wandering Prince who takes his role in the creating of history, by stepping into the service of Turkish Sultan and gets involved in Turkish conquest of Constantinople in 1453, and the Fall of the Byzantine Empire. Lew Wallace (1827-1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, politician, diplomat and author, best known for his historical adventure story, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, a bestselling novel that has been called "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century." He wrote several historical novels and biographies of American generals.