An 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. Wallace writes with a freshness and a immediacy that brings every action-packed scene to life and illuminates the geography, ethnology and customs of the ancient world. Издание на английском языке.