COMMODUS & THE WOOING OF MALKATOON (Illustrated) - Lew Wallace
| Автор: | Lew Wallace |
| Издательство: | Bookwire |
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| Жанр произведения: | Языкознание |
| Год издания: | 0 |
| isbn: | 9788075830029 |
The Wooing of Malkatoon is a narrative poem about young Othman who explores secrets of love and women. «Commodus» is a tragic historical play about the Roman Emperor Commodus and Maternus, soldier of a daring boldness, who collected bands of robbers into a little army in order to murder Commodus and to ascend the vacant throne. 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.