Ergebnis für "Ben Hur" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

New York City, New York. Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - fop, flaneur, and Englishman abroad - as he chronicles the Jazz Age from his perch atop the city that never sleeps. That is, until his old friend Thomas Nightingale arrives, pursuing a rather mysterious affair concerning an old saxophone - which will take Gussie from his warm bed, to the cold shores of Long Island, and down to the jazz clubs where music, magic, and madness haunt the shadows.

Witch-in-training Emma Hart is preparing for one of the worst days of her life...the marriage of fallen angel Daniel Starr to the spoiled fairy, Elsa Knightsbridge. Fortunately for Emma, distractions are easy to come by in Spellbound when a troll is found dead near a bridge and an overzealous werewolf is arrested for indecent exposure. Will these incidents be enough to keep Emma from falling apart? Or will one of these situations be her undoing?

Denne historiske og religiøse roman foregår omkring det nye testamente, der danner bagtæppet for historien. Ved at kombinere hændelser fra Jesu liv med betydningsfulde historiske begivenheder, skildres Judas Ben Hurs liv. Efter en hændelse ved en militærparade, bliver Ben Hur dømt til galejslave indtil sin død uden en retssag, hans familie bliver fængslet og al hans ejendom bliver konfiskeret. Ved et held overlever Ben Hur og vender derefter tilbage til Jerusalem for at få sin hævn.