The Prince Of India By Lew Wallace 1893
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The Prince of India in Two Volumes by Lew WallaceHarpers, 1893
The books are not in great condition, as you can see from the photos. Covers are fraying, corners are bumped, spots here and there. But the bindings are intact (hinge is loose on the back cover of Vol 1) and there's no foxing in the bodies. The first endpapers are a mystery.
In this novel, Wallace tells the story of what led to the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453. The legendary Wandering Jew, in the guise ...of a Prince of India, aids and advises the Turkish Sultan Mehmed II to conquer the city.
Lewis Wallace (1827-1905), General in the Union Army during the Civil War, Governor of the New Mexico Territory, made novels respectable by framing his stories of ancient history in a Christian paradigm.
Wallace is best known for Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, published by Harper and Brothers on November 12, 1880 and considered "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century". It became a best-selling American novel, surpassing Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) in sales.
The books are not in great condition, as you can see from the photos. Covers are fraying, corners are bumped, spots here and there. But the bindings are intact (hinge is loose on the back cover of Vol 1) and there's no foxing in the bodies. The first endpapers are a mystery.
In this novel, Wallace tells the story of what led to the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453. The legendary Wandering Jew, in the guise ...of a Prince of India, aids and advises the Turkish Sultan Mehmed II to conquer the city.
Lewis Wallace (1827-1905), General in the Union Army during the Civil War, Governor of the New Mexico Territory, made novels respectable by framing his stories of ancient history in a Christian paradigm.
Wallace is best known for Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, published by Harper and Brothers on November 12, 1880 and considered "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century". It became a best-selling American novel, surpassing Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) in sales.
