The Prince of India
by Lew Wallace
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From the author of Ben-Hur comes another rousing historical epic -- the tale of the fall of Constantinople, as seen through the eyes of the Wandering Jew!Tags
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Attorney, soldier, politician, and writer, Lew Wallace fought in both the Mexican and Civil wars, after which he returned to practicing law and then entered politics. He wrote his epic Ben-Hur (1880) while serving as territorial governor in New Mexico. A biography of General Benjamin Harrison followed in 1888. Wallace also wrote plays and poetry. show more (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Prince of India
- Original title
- The Prince of India
- Alternate titles
- Why Constantinople Fell; The Prince of India; or, Why Constantinople Fell; The Prince of India; or, Why Constantinople Fell (Vol. 2) (Vol. 2); The Prince of India; or, Why Constantinople Fell (Vol. 1) (Vol. 1)
- Original publication date
- 1893
- Quotations
- How many there are who spend their youth yearning and fighting to write their names in history, then spend their old age shuddering to read them there!
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
- DDC/MDS
- 813.4 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English Later 19th Century 1861-1900
- LCC
- PZ3 .W154 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction in English
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- Languages
- English, German, Hungarian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 18
- ASINs
- 9
