Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur is a historical novel by Lew Wallace. Our hero is Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish noble who is wrongly charged of an attempted assassination and consequently enslaved by the Romans. Judah encounters Jesus, who extends him a drink of water and inspiration, as Judah is being marched to a galley to be a slave. Their lives continue to intersect as the story unfolds. A captivating classic!