18 books like Ben-Hur

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The silver Chalice Thomas Bertram Costain · 1952 · 533p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Shares History of Biblical events, Jesus christ, Bible, Christian Fiction with this book.

Ben Hur Lew Wallace · 1800 · ★ 4.0 · 560p · ≈ 18h · Challenging A bestseller since 1880...The classic saga of the Roman EmpireFrom a thrilling sea battle to its famous chariot race to the agony of the Crucifixion, this is the epic tale of a prince who became a slave and by a twist of fate and his own skill-won a chance at freedom. Shares History of Biblical events, Jesus christ, Rome, Bible

The story of the other wise man Henry van Dyke · 1895 · ★ 4.2 · 65p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Story of Artaban, the "fourth wise man", who sold all he possessed and bought three jewels to present to the Christ-child. He could not have predicted how his eventful journey would end. Shares History of Biblical events, Jesus christ, Bible, Christian Fiction

Titus Florence Morse Kingsley · 1894 · 280p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Titus is a young boy, born to a down on his luck fisherman who has turned towards violent crime and a downtrodden mother. His main companion, his brother Stephen is crippled as a result of being beaten by their cruel father, however he remains kind and sweet. After hearing of Jesus Titus is brusque at first, dismissing the possibility that Jesus would help them as 'heathen greeks'. He warns… Shares History of Biblical events, Bible, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction

Joseph und seine Brüder Thomas Mann · 1934 · ★ 5.0 · 1207p · ≈ 40h · Challenging This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event. Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his… Shares History of Biblical events, Bible, Christian Fiction

The last year of the war Shirley Nelson · 1978 · ★ 4.2 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Moderate From the back cover of the 1979 paperback edition: In this haunting novel, a young student at a midwestern Bible college ascends from the dark night of her soul into the light of God's love. The time is 1944; World War II is the external symbol of her inner struggle. No reader will be unmoved by this powerful and original contribution to Christian literature. "Born again"… Shares Bible, Christian Fiction

Pan Michael An historical novel Henryk Sienkiewicz · 1893 · ★ 5.0 · 542p · ≈ 18h · Challenging The third and final book of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Trilogy takes a closer and more intimate look at one of the series’ protagonists: Pan Michael Volodyovski. The Polish Commonwealth has been through intense periods of war, and the peace that follows leaves one of its greatest heroes, Pan Michael, finally free to marry his beloved Panna Anusia. But in a twist of fate, she falls ill and dies, leaving… Shares Historical Fiction, History

St. George and St. Michael George MacDonald · 1876 · 450p · ≈ 15h · Challenging It was the middle of autumn, and had rained all day. Through the lozenge-panes of the wide oriel window the world appeared in the slowly gathering dusk not a little dismal. The drops that clung trickling to the dim glass added rain and gloom to the landscape beyond, whither the eye passed, as if vaguely seeking that help in the distance, which the dripping hollyhocks and sodden sunflowers… Shares Historical Fiction, History

Christ the Lord - Out of Egypt Anne Rice · 2005 · ★ 3.6 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Having completed the two cycles of legend to which she has devoted her career so far, Anne Rice gives us now her most ambitious and courageous book, a novel about the early years of CHRIST THE LORD, based on the Gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship.The book's power derives from the passion its author brings to the writing and the way in which she summons up the voice, the… Shares History of Biblical events, Jesus christ, Bible, Christian Fiction

The centurion's wife T. Davis Bunn · 2009 · ★ 4.1 · 378p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Janette Oke has dreamed for years of retelling a story in a biblical time frame from a female protagonist's perspective, and Davis Bunn is elated to be working with her again on this sweeping saga of the dramatic events surrounding the birth of Christianity...and the very personal story of Leah, a young Jewess of mixed heritage trapped in a vortex of competing political agendas and private… Shares History of Biblical events, Bible, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction

Paradise Regained John Milton · 1671 · ★ 3.7 · 84p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Paradise Regained demonstrates Milton's genius for fusing sense and sound, classicism and innovation, narrative and drama, fortifying not merely our sense of what is beautiful but what is human as well. It leaves readers with no choice but to commit themselves totally with their minds and with their hearts. Shares History of Biblical events, Jesus christ, Bible

Dear and glorious physician Taylor Caldwell · 1959 · ★ 4.3 · 574p · ≈ 19h · Moderate The world-famous novel about the triumphant story of St. Luke, man of science, and Gospel writer Today St. Luke is known as the author of the third Gospel of the New Testament, but two thousand years ago he was Lucanus, a Greek, a man who loved, knew the emptiness of bereavement, and later traveled through the hills and wastes of Judea asking, "What manner of man was my Lord?" And it is of this… Shares History of Biblical events, Bible, Christian Fiction, History

The robe Lloyd C. Douglas · 1942 · ★ 4.1 · 508p · ≈ 16h · Moderate A Roman soldier, Marcellus, wins Christ's robe as a gambling prize. He then sets forth on a quest to find the truth about the Nazarene's robe-a quest that reaches to the very roots and heart of Christianity and is set against the vividly limned background of ancient Rome. Here is a timeless story of adventure, faith, and romance, a tale of spiritual longing and ultimate redemption. Shares Jesus christ, Rome, Christian Fiction, History

Lays of ancient Rome Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1800 · ★ 4.1 · 95p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Noteworthy among Macaulay's works are his poems, of which the 'Lays of Ancient Rome' are chief. Here his purpose is to embody his conception of the heroic historical ballads which must have been current among the early Romans as among the medieval English Shares Rome, History

The Big Fisherman Lloyd C. Douglas · 1948 · 581p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Shares History of Biblical events, Bible, Christian Fiction with this book.

The big fisherman Lloyd C. Douglas · 1948 · 503p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Shares History of Biblical events, Bible, Christian Fiction with this book.

Learning Karen Kingsbury · 2011 · ★ 4.3 · 343p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Featuring members of the popular Baxter family. Learning, book 2 in the Bailey Flanigan series, picks up where Leaving ended. Bailey Flanigan and Cody Coleman are not only separated by physical distance, they are also faced with great emotional distance. While Bailey grows closer to her dream to be an actress and dancer in New York, Cody coaches a small high school football team, on and off the… Shares Christian Fiction

The Witness Grace Livingston Hill · 1980 · ★ 4.2 · 276p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Christian Fiction with this book.

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