COMMODUS & THE WOOING OF MALKATOON (Illustrated)

Download or read book COMMODUS & THE WOOING OF MALKATOON (Illustrated) written by Lew Wallace and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.